energy transfers: bungee jumper

Question 1

what happens at the start of the jump?

Answer 1

all of the energy in the system is the store of gravitational potential energy

Question 2

what happens when the jumper falls?

Answer 2

energy is transferred from the gpe store to the kinetic energy store

Question 3

what happens when the bungee rope just starts to tighten?

Answer 3

the kinetic energy store is now at its maximum

Question 4

what happens when the rope is fully extended?

Answer 4

the kinetic energy store is zero, because the jumper is not moving

Question 5

what happens when the rope recoils?

Answer 5

the energy is transferred from the elastic potential energy store back to the kinetic energy store

Question 6

why does the bungee jumper never return back to the original position?

Answer 6

because the energy is dissipated as thermal energy, due to friction with air particles and stretching affects in the not fully elastic rope