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Monday, January 15, 2007
How Does A Basketball Bounce?
Did you ever wonder how a basketball bounces? I never think about how a basketball bounces. I just play basketball. People have actually thought about it.
How does a basketball bounce anyway?
As far as I know, basketball bounces because of the air and gravity .The air makes the ball bounce. When you bounce the ball the air does not want to stay up, it goes down. This is called Gravity. If you bounce the ball hard, it will go high. If you make a small bounce, it won’t really bounce at all. “A basketball is elastic. Elasticity is an objects property of changing shape when the deforming force is removed.When an elastic basketball hits a hard surface, it’s shape is deformed and kinetic energy is converted to and stored as potential energy. When the basketball returns to it’s original shape, potential energy is reconverted to kinetic energy making the bounce.
Did you ever wonder how a basketball bounces? I never think about how a basketball bounces. I just play basketball. People have actually thought about it.
How does a basketball bounce anyway?
As far as I know, basketball bounces because of the air and gravity .The air makes the ball bounce. When you bounce the ball the air does not want to stay up, it goes down. This is called Gravity. If you bounce the ball hard, it will go high. If you make a small bounce, it won’t really bounce at all. “A basketball is elastic. Elasticity is an objects property of changing shape when the deforming force is removed.When an elastic basketball hits a hard surface, it’s shape is deformed and kinetic energy is converted to and stored as potential energy. When the basketball returns to it’s original shape, potential energy is reconverted to kinetic energy making the bounce.
Air in a basketball
When a basketball doesn’t have a lot of air in it, it doesn’t bounce well. When it has a lot of air it bounces well.If we didn’t have air you wouldn’t be able to play basketball. You wouldn’t be able to dribble or shoot. The ball would just mush up in a big blob. So it is good that we have all the air we need.
Well now you don’t have to wonder about how a basketball bounces. If you ever have a project on basketball or just want to answer some of your questions you could read this. This is just the information you will need to learn how basketballs bounce. Remember to keep your basketball full of air. Well, see ya around the basketball court.('',)
posted by bea ghen at 4:16 AM
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