Conservation of Energy

During the bounce test, the ball may have been released from different points. Although it was supposed to be released from its bottom, human error may have compromised the precision of this measurement. To improve the design of the bounce test, the ball’s bottom point should be marked, and the ball should always be released from there. During the ramp test, the ball may also have been released from different points. Although the ball was supposed to be placed on the ramp so that it would be released from the front, human error may also have compromised the precision of this measurement. In addition, human error may have caused unintentional and unnecessary force applied to the ball. To solve these design issues, a door should be made that holds the ball at a certain position for a fixed amount of time before the experimenter released the ball. During the catapult test, the ball may have been held back for an excessive amount of time. To resolve this experimental design issue, a fixed time to hold the ball back should be

The ball uses this kinetic energy to move up the usually 6 to 7 degree incline to the top of the playing field. The kinetic

Section Heading: The reason I think the golf ball will go the farthest is because it has the most density and density means “to have the degree of compactness of a substance.”I believe the tennis ball will go the second farthest because it has almost little density and it has no core at all and it's hollow.When the ball is hit with the most density it will give it the weight and power to travel great distance but unless the ball has to much weight it won’t go far.The baseball has the least greatest density so I gathered information

1. The ball has potential energy while momentarily at rest at the top of the path.

If we measured in meters then a=4.9.) t is the time in seconds, v0 is the initial velocity of 30 feet per second, and s0 is the initial height or 4 feet. Thus we have:

In the first experiment, “ How does mass affect your game?” it shows that the data on “Ball- Mass 3” that the 10 pound bowling ball had the highest kinetic energy of 27(J), the greatest velocity (m/s) of 3.42, and in average it produced 4 bowling points. According to the data, on “ Ball- Mass 1” the 11 pound ball got an average velocity (m/s) of 3.14, the kinetic energy of 24 (J), and the average bowling points of 3. On the other hand, the evidence shows that the 12 pound bowling ball in “ Ball- Mass 2” has the velocity (m/s) of 3.12, the kinetic energy of 23 (J), and the average bowling points of 4 . Concluding that in my Game 1 the velocity of the masses of the bowling balls decreased when the bowling balls were heavier and that the kinetic energy was lower as the mass increased in the bowling balls.

In order to make our lives easier, we placed all objects on whole numbers. Our “hoop” was placed at 10 feet, our “person” was placed 15 feet away from the “hoop” and the vertex of our parabola was 21 feet high and 7 feet away from the “hoop”. We did this because it was one of the solutions where the ball could go into the hoop. Doing so, the h value was changed to 7 and the k value was changed to 21. The effect that has on the shot is, it changes the distance from the vertex to the hoop and k effects the height of the vertex. By changing these values it changed the path of the ball, making a successful

A factor that affects the energy needed to bounce a basketball is what type of surface the bounced on.

The sketch below shows the trajectory of a projectile propelled with an initial velocity V0 at an angle 8. Neglecting air resistance the horizontal range travelled is given

Gravity tries to slow the ball down, which cause the velocity, or speed, to get smaller. When gravity reaches its point it cause the ball to stop at its highest point. The ball at this point has no up and down point, so the maximum point of the ball is 0. Once it reaches 0 it goes down immediately. Now the vertical point of velocity is in the opposite direction and the horizontal is the

How much potential energy does a baseball have just before the release of the pitch and just before contact with the bat? How much kinetic energy does a baseball have at the release of the pitch and after contact with the

Lastly, the launch angle also has a great effect on the distance traveled. If projected at 90° the ball would only be thrown vertically upwards and back down to the person. There would be no horizontal change in position but a great maximum height. The greatest horizontal distance is reached between 40° and 50°. For this reason the launch angle affects the

We have this problem with the ball “dropping” at an apparent average of 1.2 feet per second, according to the article. That’s hardly a drop in anyone’s book. Since any object in freefall accelerates at an average of 32

By using Eq (4.4) we can calculate for a [a= m/M+m * g, a = (20 g /(283.2 g + 20 g)) * 9.81 m/s2= 0.646 m/s2]. The value of a (a= 0.5067 m/s2 +/- 0.01709 m/s2) we calculated for is not consistent with the expected value of 0.646 m/s2. As stated before, the probably cause of the inconsistency is the slight discrepancy during the experiment.

Step 9: Because we measured the lengths in centimeters rather than meters, we need to calculate are ‘g’ value into m/s2 so we can compare it to the SI unit for acceleration due to gravity. (Eg. 981.4/100 = 9.81 m/s2)