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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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