Form 10: Bouncing Balls and Trampolines
Dive into the physics of motion with our "Form 10: Bouncing Balls and Trampolines" exercise, where students will explore energy transfer, elasticity, and gravitational forces through hands-on experiments and engaging simulations, making learning both dynamic and fun!
Questions
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When a rubber ball is held high above a floor, it possesses:
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As a dropped basketball falls toward a trampoline, its GPE turns into:
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When a falling ball depresses a trampoline mat, its KE briefly transforms into:
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As the trampoline mat pushes the jumper back up, elastic potential energy becomes:
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As the jumper rises up off the trampoline into the air, KE converts into:
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Why does a bounced ball not reach its original drop height without extra pushing?
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At the peak height of a trampoline bounce, the jumper's velocity is zero, so KE is:
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A ball dropped from 2 m bounces back to 1.5 m. What happened to the missing energy?
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When a dropped ball is halfway down to the ground, its energy state is:
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What form of energy is dominant when a tennis ball is squished at maximum compression on the floor?
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If a child jumps twice as high on a trampoline, their GPE at the highest peak will be:
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The correct energy sequence for a child falling onto a trampoline and bouncing back up is: