We have performed seeded-beam experiments to separate the influence of kinetic energy and vibrational energy in the sticking of H-2 on copper. There is a contribution of vibration (about 20%) to the sticking coefficient. A widening of the angular variation of the sticking coefficient for the vibrationally hot beam indicates coupling of the translational and vibrational energy. Finally, the isolated effect of vibration shows a slight isotope effect favoring H-2 over D2; this points towards tunneling during adsorption.