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Lab#25 - IB (Energy Station 1 - Bouncing Ball NGSS)

(1) This physics lab experiment analyzes the bounce of a ball dropped on the floor by measuring its energy and momentum at different points during its fall and rebound. (2) Data is collected on the ball's speed before and after hitting the floor to calculate the change in kinetic energy and momentum due to the bounce. (3) Calculations show that the ball loses some of its initial kinetic energy upon impact with the floor, but this energy is not actually lost - it is transferred from kinetic to elastic potential energy and then back to kinetic as the ball compresses and rebounds from the floor.

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Lab#25 - IB (Energy Station 1 - Bouncing Ball NGSS)

(1) This physics lab experiment analyzes the bounce of a ball dropped on the floor by measuring its energy and momentum at different points during its fall and rebound. (2) Data is collected on the ball's speed before and after hitting the floor to calculate the change in kinetic energy and momentum due to the bounce. (3) Calculations show that the ball loses some of its initial kinetic energy upon impact with the floor, but this energy is not actually lost - it is transferred from kinetic to elastic potential energy and then back to kinetic as the ball compresses and rebounds from the floor.

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Name __________________________________ Date __________________________

IB Physics 11 Lab #25


Period _______ Mrs. Libretto
Partners: Due Date: ______________________
(1 pt) (50 pts)

Energy Station#1 – Bouncing Ball


Purpose
 To analyze the bounce of a ball off the floor

Procedure
 Hold a ball at shoulder height and release it. Observe its motion and other properties as it
falls, hits the floor and then rises back up again.

1. The diagram at right is a snapshot of your ball’s motion. State the type of energy that the ball
possesses at each lettered snapshot. (8 pts)
(Just as the ball is released)

A ________________________
A
B ________________________
B (Just as the ball reaches
C ________________________ the top of its bounce)

D ________________________ H

E ________________________ C

G
F ________________________

G ________________________
(Just as the ball (Just as the ball
touches the floor) D E F rebounds from floor)
H ________________________
(Just as the ball
stops moving during
its compression)
2. How can you tell that the ball “lost” some of its initial energy? (2 pts)

3. Is this energy really lost? Explain in terms of a transfer AND a transformation of this “missing”
energy? (4 pts)

1
Procedure
 Now you are going to take some data to determine the actual amount of energy that is “lost”
when the ball bounces off the floor.
 Discuss with your partner an appropriate method for collecting data.

Data Collection (6 pts)

Record any necessary data in the space below, appropriately labeled and including units and
uncertainties.

Data Processing (8 pts)

Show all calculations below to determine the energy “lost” when your ball bounced off the floor.

2
Post Lab Questions
1. Calculate the speed of the ball when it hit the floor. (snapshot D) (5 pts)

2. Calculate the speed of the ball when it rebounded off the floor. (snapshot F) (5 pts)

3. Determine the change in momentum of the ball due to its bounce off the floor (from snapshot
D to F). (5 pts)

4. Determine the impulse that the floor applies to the ball. (2 pts)

5. Determine the impulse that the ball applies to the floor. (2 pts)

6. Compare the force that the floor applies to the ball with the force that the ball applies to the
floor during the bounce. (2 pts)

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