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Subject: Why.. and How.. does a rubber ball bounce.. as opposed to a cement ball?

Date: Mon Jan 20 01:27:50 1997
Posted by: Ute
Grade level: 4-6
School/Organization: Vaughn
City: Gig Harbor State/Province: Washington
Country: U.S.A.
Area of science: Physics
Message ID: 853745270.Ph
Message:
Why.. and How.. does a rubber ball bounce.. as opposed to a cement ball?
We would like to know why a rubber ball bounces.. and not a ball 
that would be made out of cement.  If we are close to any real cause
.. we were thinking it has something to do with Kinetic and Potential
Energy .. elasticity in the rubber.. but we can't put it all together 
to make any sense. Please help us to put all these laws of motion..and
energy..etc., into some sort of order to where simple people like us 
can understand it.  We've tried to find the answer to this question 
ourselves..but could only find bits and pieces..and lack the 
know-how of putting it together in the right order.. even if we did 
have it in the right order.. we wouldn't know it.  LOL  
Thank you very much.
Ute,and her very curious daughter, Nicole!  : )

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