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Confuzzled
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As title reads...
In my As physics class today the topic of this arrived, which has been annoying me ever since, i am hoping you may be able to help, as hours of searching the internet i have failed. :(
I understand that when a ball is held at a certain height that it has stored energy, GPE. And when this ball is dropped this energy turns into Kinetic Energy, my query is on what is the energy, at the point it hits the ground? I would assume elastic energy, but am unclear.
Also if this said ball was to be heated, I it would bounce a higher distance due to temperature being proportional to pressure? And pressure being the answer to how much something would bounce? But why is this? What does pressure do to the insides of that tennis ball?
Thanks Confuzzled
In my As physics class today the topic of this arrived, which has been annoying me ever since, i am hoping you may be able to help, as hours of searching the internet i have failed. :(
I understand that when a ball is held at a certain height that it has stored energy, GPE. And when this ball is dropped this energy turns into Kinetic Energy, my query is on what is the energy, at the point it hits the ground? I would assume elastic energy, but am unclear.
Also if this said ball was to be heated, I it would bounce a higher distance due to temperature being proportional to pressure? And pressure being the answer to how much something would bounce? But why is this? What does pressure do to the insides of that tennis ball?
Thanks Confuzzled