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A freely falling object eventually stops on reaching the ground. What happens to its kinetic energy?

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When a freely falling body eventually stops on reaching the ground, its kinetic energy gets converted into heat energy (as the body and ground become warm due to collision), sound energy and into potential energy (due to change of shape or deformation).

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