In this scenario, air resistance is ignored, allowing for a continual transformation of gravitational potential energy into kinetic energy without any loss due to air resistance.
What role does air resistance play in the transformation of energy during free fall?
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Air resistance opposes the motion of a falling object by exerting a force in the opposite direction of its velocity. This force dissipates some of the object’s kinetic energy as thermal energy, reducing its speed and altering the balance between potential and kinetic energy transformation during free fall.