Design Experiment

Aim: To investigate how the temperature of a ping-pong ball

affects its bounciness.

Apparatus:
Metre rule( 0.5cm) Beaker Bunsen burner Thermometer( 0.5C) Ping pong ball Blue tag Tripod stand Water

Variables:
1. Independent: Temperature of ball This will be changed by dipping the pingpong ball in a hot water bath and measuring the temperature required accurately with the thermometer. Dependent: Height of bounce The height to which the ping-pong ball bounces will be measured and will be recorded using a metre rule. 3. Controlled: - Height of release at a fixed height of 0.90m, the ping-pong ball was released each time. - Surface area of ball this was ensured by using the same ball throughout the experiment. - Material of ballthe same ball was used throughout the experiment so as to keep this variable constant. - Surface on which ball bouncesthe surface was kept constant by using the same floor for each reading taken.

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Diagram:

Hypothesis: According to theory1, When a ball is held at a height,

that is the height of release, it possesses potential energy. The law of conservation of energy states that energy is neither created nor destroyed; it is converted from one form to another. As it is released, the force of gravity pulls the ball towards the centre of the earth and the gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. The ball hits the ground and the kinetic energy is converted into sound and thermal energy. Kinetic energy is also converted into elastic potential energy which is responsible for the slight deformation of the ball and the surface upon impact. The Newtons third law of motion states that to any action there is an equal and opposite reaction. While the surface and the ball try to repel each other, the elastic potential energy of the ball is converted into kinetic energy and then into gravitational potential energy. This is how a bounce occurs. Pressure is directly proportional to temperature ( Admontons law). P T That is, when a ball is heated, the air molecules inside it will move faster causing frequent collisions on the walls. This gives rise to a higher pressure inside the ball. Therefore, the ball will be less deformed and more energy will be converted into the kinetic energy required for bouncing. In the case of the ping-pong ball, the higher its temperature, the more bouncy the ball will be. Thus, the higher will be the height of bounce. IB PHYSICS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT Name: Yadavi Soondron 2

Procedure:
(1)The metre rule was fixed on the wall with the help of some blue tag. (2)A ping-pong ball at room temperature was taken and was released carefully at 0.90m. (3) After the first bounce, the height of bounce was recorded, H1. The one observing the height at which the ping-pong ball bounced had to be very attentive so as not to make any parallax errors. The only way was to observe in front of the metre rule. (4) Step (2) and (3) were repeated to obtain H2 in a first set of reading. (5)The ball was placed in a beaker of water and was then placed on a tripod stand. (6)The water was heated to a desired temperature with the help of a Bunsen burner. The temperature was known using a thermometer. (7)The ball was released again from a known height and step (3) was repeated. (8)The experiment was repeated for at least 6 set of readings. (9)The data obtained were tabulated and a graph of <H> against temperature was plotted to determine the relationship between temperature and height of bounce.

Data collection:
Temperature/C 25 30 35 40 45 50 Height of bounce H1/m H2/m <H>/m

http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=150102:31.08.09 http://www.terrificscience.org/ncw/pdf/Bounceability.pdf :02.09.2009

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IB PHYSICS INTERNAL ASSESSMENT Name: Yadavi Soondron