My physics book, in the section on conservation of energy, says that energy cannot be created or destroyed. The book doesn't provide much of an example except for dropping a pen to the floor. The pen and the floor have a slight rise in temperature. If energy cannot be created or destroyed, it sounds to me like it has no beginning or end. So, if you didn't create the energy when you picked up and dropped the pen, where did it come from? After you drop the pen to the floor, there is a slight rise in the temperature of them both. Is this heat the energy? If so, where does it go when the heat is gone? I'm confused. This is my first class on physics.
2006-09-18
16:19:16
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