When a ball bounces, it has changing amounts of potential and kinetic energy. Eventually the ball will stop bouncing and come to rest. Which of the following best describes why the ball stops bouncing? The ball’s energy is transformed into chemical energy.

The ball’s energy gets transformed to heat and sound energy.

The mass of the ball is too small to allow the ball to continue its own motion.

The pull of gravity is stronger than the energy in the ball, which makes the ball stop bouncing.