eli5: Where does energy spent go?

1.05K views

The law of conservation of energy states that energy cant be created nor destroyed, but, when lets say i punch a wall or run i spent some energy, where does that energy go?

In: Physics

4 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

Every form of energy transforms and eventually decays into small amounts of heat, when you punch a wall some energy gets dispersed into sound waves, while most of the rest “moves” atoms inside the wall producing heat.

For example you could coock a chicken if you slapped it arround 23 000 times, or you could coock it in one single, inhuman, slap: [https://www.futurescienceleaders.com/yvr1b/2019/02/25/how-many-slaps-does-it-take-to-cook-a-chicken/](https://www.futurescienceleaders.com/yvr1b/2019/02/25/how-many-slaps-does-it-take-to-cook-a-chicken/)

You are viewing 1 out of 4 answers, click here to view all answers.