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GCSE Coursework Experiment: How does the height a tennis ball bounce depend on the height the ball is dropped from? Aim The aim of this experiment is to observe how the height a tennis ball bounces up from the floor after being dropped depends on the height the ball is dropped from, and to see if there is a link between them in any way. Prediction I predict that the higher the height the ball is dropped from, the higher the ball will bounce back up again after hitting the floor. I predict this because Background Information What causes a dropped ball to bounce? When a ball is lift off the floor, energy is transferred to it. This energy is stored in the gravitational force between the ball and the earth and is called gravitational potential energy. When the ball is released, its weight makes it accelerate downward and its gravitational potential energy...

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