Question

Which of the following would describe where energy is stored in a baseball travelling 100 mph?A) Both gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy.B) All 4 energy locations have at least some energy stored in them in this example.C) Gravitational energy only.D) Elastic energy only.E) Kinetic energy only.

Answer 1

Since the baseball is moving, it has kinetic energy.

Since the baseball has a certain height (it's not moving on the ground, it's moving above the ground), so it also has gravitational energy.

The ball itself has a certain temperature and has a molecular structure that holds energy, so the ball has internal energy.

And the ball has a certain deformation, that holds some elastic energy.

Therefore the correct option is B.