The Real Science Rough Draft When a person is playing tennis they might wonder what a ball bounce. That person might think what affects a balls bounce or what makes it bounce high. Balls bounce differently because of the laws of physics. When you use a soccer ball for tennis or a golf ball for basketball it doesn’t make sense. Every sport needs a different required ball. The materials of a ball depends on how high it bounces. “When a tennis ball is thrown to the floor, gravity pulls downward on the ball. While the ball is on the move, kinetic energy--the energy of motion--is at work. As the energy-driven ball hits the floor, the physical forces in play flatten and deform the shape of the ball, dispersing and compressing the molecules that make up the ball.” All balls are not the same. Every balls’ ability to bounce is a bit different. Gravity pulls downward on a ball when it falls to the floor. One thing that affects a ball’s bounce is gravity. When the ball is bouncing, motion energy is happening. Motion energy is also called kinetic energy. “As the energy-driven ball hits the floor, the physical forces in play flatten and deform the shape of the ball, dispersing and compressing the molecules that make up the ball. It depends on how much air pressure there is on a ball to see if it will respond quick enough when it is …show more content…
If you put too much pressure, it would be more difficult to control. “With less air pressure the ball would be slow and would not react to a bounce quick enough. Air inside a ball is pushing outward in the same way that atmospheric pressure in the world around us is pressing in on everything.” There are lots of molecules in a ball when there is a lot of air inside it. When you put more air into a ball it gets harder. It’s almost impossible to squeeze it when it’s full of air. It takes less energy to bounce a ball when it has a lot of air