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The Squash Ball Experiment
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The Squash Ball Experiment
In order to complete this experiment we must firstly acknowledge the following factors
The Input Variables:
Pressure Of Air in Ball
Type Of Surface
Height Of Drop
Temperature of Ball
Material of Ball
Acceleration Due To Gravity
Mass
Angle Of Surface
Air Resistance
Diameter of Ball
Outcome: Height Of Bounce
Prediction
Below I have formatted what I believe to be the most logical prediction there is to what will happen in the experiment.
The squash ball will bounce higher as the temperature gets warmer. This is because as it gets warmer the atoms in the ball vibrate more. This means that when it hits the ground the atoms push each other way forcing the ball to bounce higher. When the temperature is lowered the opposite occurs because the atoms have less energy and therefore push each other further away. The graph begins to level out because parts of the ball begin to melt at certain temperatures as the atoms get more energy and break their bonds turning the ball into a liquid. A theory, which links into this experiment, is
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