Positive Correlation Between The Drop And The Amount Of Potential Energy

There is a positive correlation between the height at which the tennis ball was dropped and the amount of energy that it held. This energy was measured through the amount of gravitational potential energy that the tennis ball had before it was dropped, and by the amount of work it had done when displacing the sand. As shown in Table 2, when the tennis ball was dropped at a height of 1 meter, it only possessed a potential energy of 0.569 J. When dropped from 5.5 meters, it held a potential energy of 3.217 J. This shows a positive correlation between the height of the drop and the amount of potential energy the tennis ball had. Also, shown in Graph 1’s trend line, is a positive correlation between the two variables. Table 2 shows the diameter