THE ANALYSIS

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NAME:INTERPERATION
JADON SANDIFORD
SCHOOL:
Presentation College San Fernado
CLASS:
5P
SUBJECT:
BIOLOGY
TOPIC:
Effect Of Air Pressure On The Rebound Height Of
A Ball
TITLE: Mechanics

AIM:
To determine the relationship between the rebound
height of a ball and the air pressure inside it

DISSCUSION:
Pressure is the force applied perpendicular to the
surface of an object per unit area over which that force
is distributed or the force on an object that is spread
over a surface area. Pressure is measured in pascals.
A force is an influence that can change the motion of
an object. Contact forces are forces that result when
the two interacting objects are considered to be
physically contacting each other. Contact forces
include frictional forces, tensional forces and air
resistance forces etc. The term weight has a specific
meaning which is the force that acts on a mass due to
gravity. Weight is measured in newtons. If an object is
dropped from an elevated height, then the initial
velocity of the object is 0 m/s which can be considered
free fall. Free fall means that an object is falling freely
with no forces acting upon it except gravity. Upon
contact with a surface when falling, a ball will
compress as much as possible and then the velocity
changes direction and goes up until the acceleration
slows. Ball rebound is a measure of how high a ball
will bounce after impacting the surface.
APPARATUS AND MATERIALS:
1) Two (2) Balls
2) Three (3) Metre Rulers
3) Camera (With Slow Motion)
4) Camera stand (optional)
5) Tape
6) Pressure Gauge

DIAGRAM:
METHOD:
1. Ball one was pumped to 10 lbs./in
2. Ball two was pumped to 15 lbs./in²
3. One on top of the next, the three rulers were
vertically lined up
4. The camera was setup ensuring that i could see the
rebound height
5. A free fall was done with ball one from 2.5 metres
6. The rebound height was recorded
7. Steps 5-6 were repeated decreasing the drop height
by 0.5 metres each time
8. Steps 5-7 were repeated with ball two

VARIABLES CONTROLLED:
Air Pressure

MANIPULATED:
Drop Height

RESPONDING:
Rebound Height

EXPECTED RESULTS:
TABLE 2 SHOWING THE MEASURED AND
CALCULATED VALUES OF BALL ONE OBTAINED
Trials Drop Rebound Rebound Average Rebound
height/m Height, B1/m Height, Height, Havg/m
B2/m
1 2.5 1.20 1.02 1.11
2 2.0 0.95 0.84 0.90
3 1.5 0.73 0.72 0.73
4 1.0 0.50 0.60 0.55
5 0.5 0.32 0.40 0.36

TABLE 1 SHOWING THE MEASURED AND

CALCULATED VALUES OF BALL TWO OBTAINED
Trials Drop Rebound Rebound Average Rebound
height/m Height,B1/m Height,B2/m Height, Havg/m

1 2.5 1.20 1.19 1.20

2 2.0 1.10 1.15 1.13
3 1.5 0.88 0.87 0.88
4 1.0 0.74 0.70 0.72
5 0.5 0.50 0.49 0.50

GRAPH OF DROP HEIGHT VS AVG REBOUND

HEIGHT FOR BALL ONE
GRAPH OF DROP HEIGHT VS AVG REBOUND
HEIGHT FOR BALL TWO
PRECAUTIONS:
Using a camera to review and confirm measurements

SOURCES OF ERROR/LIMITATIONS:
Drop Height of the ball

CONCLUSION:
An Increase in the air pressure within a ball will
increase the rebound height of said ball