In each increasing drop height, the amount of m that the ball has bounced, decreased according to the drop height. As shown on the first height(1m). The ball bounces back 0.65m pointing out there is only a 0.35m gap between the drop height and bounce height. But in the second height (1.5m), then bounce height is 0.867m …show more content…
This says that energy has been lost during the process of reaching the bounce height. Energy has been lost because it has been transferred during the process into kinetic energy and the waste of energy into sound and heat. It is the same with the second height of 1.5m the GPE is 0.76j at the beginning and as it reaches point 3 the energy has dropped to 0.44j and this is the same as height 1. The energy has been lost to transferring one energy type into another for example GPE into KE. And the same loss with height 3.
The loss of energy results on the trend line that is on the graph which is increasing the bounce height by each 0.2m. The bounce height is the representation of point 3 which was, some of the energy has already been lost.
As said above in question 2, the difference is increased because of the change in energy. Each time it reaches bounce height (point 3) approximately 1.6j is being lost due to the transferring of energy. That is why there is an increase in the gap between drop height and bounce …show more content…
The first one is where the ball is held at the drop height and the Gravitational Potential Energy has been built up and is ready to drop and turn into Kinetic Energy which is shown as point 1 on diagram 1.
The second on is where the ball has been dropped the ball and GPE have turned into KE and the extra energies which turn to sound and heat and this are one of the factors where energy is lost. This energy is lost because of when the ball is dropped and then the tennis ball pushes forces against the air causing the ball to be warmer. Sound energy is lost when sound is made when the ball rebounds with the ground.
The third one is where the ball touches the ground and the KE turns into Elastic Potential Energy (EPE) when the ball hits the ground, sound energy is also wasted for the same reason as above. This is shown as Point 2 in Diagram 1.
In the fourth stage, the ball begins bouncing again and the EPE has been turned into KE also with the loss of energy of heat and sound. The final stage is where the ball reaches the bounce height and is shown as Point 3 in Diagram