A stacked ball drop demonstration is a superb strategy to reveal momentum switch between objects. The compression of the larger two balls bounces the smallest ball a lot greater than it could usually bounce.
You’ll want
A basketball
A tennis ball or small basketball/soccer
Desk tennis ball or golf ball
Stacked Three Ball Drop Directions
Maintain your arms outstretched and drop the smallest ball. Watch how excessive it bounces.
Place the tennis ball on prime of the basketball, drop them each, and watch what occurs.
Stack the three balls on prime of one another, with the smallest on the prime. Attempt to maintain them straight. Allow them to drop and watch what occurs.
What’s occurring?
When held within the air every ball has an quantity of potential vitality. When the ball hits the bottom, it compresses.
When the basketball hits the bottom, it compresses barely, storing potential vitality. When the ball begins to depart the bottom, the vitality is launched to the smaller tennis ball, which permits it to bounce greater than it could with out the basketball. The basketball transfers its greater momentum ( from its higher mass ) to the smaller ball.
You’ll discover the larger balls bounce lower than anticipated as they’ve misplaced vitality to the smaller balls.
Extra science experiments utilizing balls
Discover out why balls bounce with a easy science investigation.
Attempt a ball drop gravity race.
Science Ideas
Vitality
Potential vitality
Momentum
Final Up to date on August 15, 2024 by Emma Vanstone
