A physics student predicts based on the conservation of energy that if a pendulum is released from a height that it will return to the same height. If the student tests this hypothesis, explain what will happen and why?
A)
The pendulum is a closed system and will return to the same height
because of the conservation of energy. B)The pendulum is an open system will not return to the same height
because the conservation of energy does not apply.
C)
The pendulum is a closed system and will not return to the same height
because the potential energy will be transformed into kinetic energy.
D)The pendulum is an open system will not return to the same height
because of some energy is transformed into heat and absorbed by the
surroundings.