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Drawing showing a bouncy ball at four different times. At the start time, the ball is held by a hand above a surface, displaying gravitational potential energy about to turn into kinetic energy. At the second time frame, the ball has been released and has contacted the surface and been squashed into an egg shape, displaying kinetic energy that has been transformed into elastic potential energy. In the third time frame the ball is still in an egg shape on the ground, but is starting its rebound, the elastic potential energy is becoming kinetic energy again. In the fourth time frame, the ball has lost all its kinetic energy, returned to its spherical shape, and has reached its final rebound height, which is lower than its start height, displaying a new gravitational potential energy.

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Kristin Strong, Science Buddies

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Science Buddies