Physics Coursework 2004 Table Tennis Ball Experiment

The variable that I am going to experiment with during this project is the height that the ball is being dropped from. Prediction My prediction is that as I gradually lower the height that the ball is dropped from the ball will bounce lower. This is because as the ball gets lower there is a lesser amount of force pushing the ball downwards therefore giving less velocity for it to rebound up into the air. …

…do this to see whether these different factors have any affect on the results of this experiment. Another factor that I would like to experiment with would be the temperature of the ball to see if it would have any effect on the height of the bounce. If it did I would like to carry on getting lower and lower to see whether there was a temperature where the atoms no longer vibrated (Absolute Zero).