Q: How do Potential energy and kinetic energy relate with dropping balls?
Conclusion
My hypothesis for this lab was: If I drop a ball at a high point, then the ball would bounce higher because it is dropping from a higher height. I would say that my hypothesis is correct because each time we bounced a ball higher than before it would bounce higher. I also observed many things in the lab. I noticed that different balls made out of different materials bounce higher or lower depending on what they were made out of. I also observed that during the lab, out of the two balls we used, the golf ball bounced higher than the foam ball. I also heard how each ball made a different sound as it hit the ground. That could be a reason why one of them bounced higher than the other. During our lab we may have done one error. We used the bottom of the ball at the height not the top of it. Another error we may have made was for most of them we had to make a guess on which height the ball bounced afterword. There are many other future labs that we could have done that are related to this one. Here is one. We could bounce balls that were made out of the same material, but that were different sizes. If we do this we will be able to tell if a ball with a bigger size has more kinetic energy or a ball with a smaller size has more kinetic energy. I learned a lot from this lab. I learned that different balls make different sounds as they bounce from certain heights. I also learned that different balls bounce higher or lower due to what they are made out of. But I wanted to learn more, so I decided to do further research about why some balls bounce higher than others. Here is what I found. 1) The amount of bounce comes down to how much energy it loses when it strikes the floor. 2) The higher the air pressure inside the ball, the higher it will bounce. 3) Different materials absorb and release energy at different rates, so what the ball is made of will have a noticeable effect on how high it bounces. 4) Simply dropping a ball from a certain height will cause gravity to give acceleration to the object. As you can see, I learned so many things from this lab, and I am looking forward to learning more.
Conclusion
My hypothesis for this lab was: If I drop a ball at a high point, then the ball would bounce higher because it is dropping from a higher height. I would say that my hypothesis is correct because each time we bounced a ball higher than before it would bounce higher. I also observed many things in the lab. I noticed that different balls made out of different materials bounce higher or lower depending on what they were made out of. I also observed that during the lab, out of the two balls we used, the golf ball bounced higher than the foam ball. I also heard how each ball made a different sound as it hit the ground. That could be a reason why one of them bounced higher than the other. During our lab we may have done one error. We used the bottom of the ball at the height not the top of it. Another error we may have made was for most of them we had to make a guess on which height the ball bounced afterword. There are many other future labs that we could have done that are related to this one. Here is one. We could bounce balls that were made out of the same material, but that were different sizes. If we do this we will be able to tell if a ball with a bigger size has more kinetic energy or a ball with a smaller size has more kinetic energy. I learned a lot from this lab. I learned that different balls make different sounds as they bounce from certain heights. I also learned that different balls bounce higher or lower due to what they are made out of. But I wanted to learn more, so I decided to do further research about why some balls bounce higher than others. Here is what I found. 1) The amount of bounce comes down to how much energy it loses when it strikes the floor. 2) The higher the air pressure inside the ball, the higher it will bounce. 3) Different materials absorb and release energy at different rates, so what the ball is made of will have a noticeable effect on how high it bounces. 4) Simply dropping a ball from a certain height will cause gravity to give acceleration to the object. As you can see, I learned so many things from this lab, and I am looking forward to learning more.