Rubber Sheet Bowling Ball And Tennis Ball Experiment

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Rubber sheet bowling ball and tennis ball experiment.

The bowling ball has a greater mass so there s more stuff for gravity to act on. As a continuation of the theme of potential and kinetic energy this lesson introduces the concepts of momentum elastic and inelastic collisions. But it still doesn t fall any faster. A used ball is generally softer than a new ball since ball stiffness depends on the wall thickness and the amount of air inside the ball.

It would follow a curved path. If the cloth cover wears down to say 2 mm thickness the ball will become softer. General relativity requires a curvature of space time not just space. At the drop height the tennis ball has gravitational potential energy which is then changed into kinetic energy as it tumbles to the ground kajiyama 2019.

This is nothing at all like the way general relativity works. Imagine a perfectly flat big rubber sheet that has a bowling ball in the center of it so it creates a slope. Many sports and games such as baseball and ping pong illustrate the ideas of momentum and collisions. The bowling ball has a greater mass so it also has a greater gravitational force.

The rubber is about 3 mm thick and the cover is also about 3 mm thick. Bouncing ball experiment 3 the experiment will investigate the bounce efficiency of a tennis ball when dropped from different heights. In the classic classroom rubber sheet demonstration the marble rolls toward the bowling ball because the earth s gravity causes it to roll down hill. Describe the path of a golf ball when it just reaches the inside edge of the dip.

In that sense gravity is pulling on it more. Newton s third law of motion for every action there is a reaction that is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction. Students can use the associated activities to explore these concepts by bouncing assorted balls on different surfaces and calculating the. After it has been dropped the tennis ball bounces back somewhat according to its unique drop height.

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