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Why is it that when you drop something on a spring, that item dropped on the spring does not bounce back up to where you dropped it from?
Why doesn't a dropped object bounce back to its release height?
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Springs are not perfectly elastic, so some energy is "lost". Can you guess where it might go?
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Would it turn into heat and sound energy?
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