A ball dropped in a viscous liquid reaches terminal velocity. Afterwards, the loss of PE goes into:

  1. work against viscous drag (heat)
  2. gain of KE
  3. nothing
  4. elastic energy
Answer

A) work against viscous drag (heat)

KE is constant at terminal velocity. SLO P-11-B-32 · Application

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