how does a bounciness of golf ball affect the distance that it will Travels
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Balls are able to bounce as a result of the compression of air inside
the ball. When a ball is raised above the ground, a ball gains potential
energy. Releasing the ball from the raised position will result in the
ball falling to the ground because of the gravitational pull of the
Earth on the ball. The ball will accelerate and gain velocity.
As the ball falls to the ground, its potential energy is gradually reduced as it is converted into kinetic energy. As it approaches the ground, almost all of its potential energy would have been converted into kinetic energy. When the ball hits the ground, it will be compressed against the floor, and its initially round shape will become slightly altered (deformed). This will cause the air inside the ball to become compressed. The kinetic energy that the ball now has is momentarily stored in the air inside the ball as compressed (potential) energy. As the ball returns to its regular round shape, the compressed energy is again converted into kinetic energy, causing the ball to rebound upwards . As it rises, the kinetic energy is once more converted into potential energy. As the ball continues bouncing up and down, energy is gradually lost through friction between the surface of the ball and the air around it, friction of the air inside the ball due to the compression, and friction between the rubber molecules of the ball. This energy will be lost in the form of heat energy and the maximum bounce height reached by the ball will gradually decrease, with each bounce.
As the ball falls to the ground, its potential energy is gradually reduced as it is converted into kinetic energy. As it approaches the ground, almost all of its potential energy would have been converted into kinetic energy. When the ball hits the ground, it will be compressed against the floor, and its initially round shape will become slightly altered (deformed). This will cause the air inside the ball to become compressed. The kinetic energy that the ball now has is momentarily stored in the air inside the ball as compressed (potential) energy. As the ball returns to its regular round shape, the compressed energy is again converted into kinetic energy, causing the ball to rebound upwards . As it rises, the kinetic energy is once more converted into potential energy. As the ball continues bouncing up and down, energy is gradually lost through friction between the surface of the ball and the air around it, friction of the air inside the ball due to the compression, and friction between the rubber molecules of the ball. This energy will be lost in the form of heat energy and the maximum bounce height reached by the ball will gradually decrease, with each bounce.
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