You leave the block of ice oscillating to go grab a cup of coffee. When you return, you find that the block of ice has stopped moving and is now sitting motionless at the equilibrium position. You check the security camera and verify that nobody went into the building to stop the block while you were gone. You realize that one of your initial assumptions about the system must have been incorrect.
Where has the energy you initially gave the system by compressing the spring gone now that everything has come to rest?
Select all that apply.
Thermal energy of the ice block
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Thermal energy of the ice sheet.
Thermal energy of the air.
Gravitational potential energy of the block.
Elastic potential energy of the spring.