Player 41 hits a hard line drive. Player 6 waits at the starting gate in a runner's position.

Player 6 sprints from the starting gate in the 100-meter run.

Player 10 hits the golf ball with his club.

The pitcher stands with his arm above his head and the bat in his hand.

Player 32 backhands the ball which zooms across the court.

Player 22 steps off the platform plunging rapidly downward.

Potential or kinetic energy

Which best describes the first law of thermodynamics as compared to the second law of thermodynamics? a. the first law describes how thermal energy is conserved but not the direction it moves. b. the first law describes the direction thermal energy moves but not how it is conserved. c. the first law describes how thermal energy can be created but not how it can be destroyed. d. the first law describes how thermal energy can be destroyed but not how it can be created.