What are the conversions between potential and kinetic energy that occurs when you shoot a basketball at a basket?

Answer 1

Seriously -.-'

First of all

When You throw The Basketball it is going up^ Which is Kinetic energy when is comes down and STOPS it is Potential energy.

Oh And this question is in the 6th grade science textbook!

The orange textbook....so yeah. BYe

Answer 2

There are many things that may happen when energy conversions occur when a ball is dropped and bounces back up. Energy is usually lost in heat and this causes vibration and friction which cause the rebound when they get in contact with the ball.Ê

Answer 3

When you bounce a basket ball, Before you let go of the ball as long as it is in your hands the ball as potential energy once you throw it down or let it fall by itself it has kinetic energy! The moment it hits the ground potential energy becomes zero and the ball bounces when it is stopped by your hands The kinetic energy becomes zero and Potential energy becomes maximum The cycle goes on!

-- When the basketball is in your hand, before it is dropped, it has full potential energy. Once that basketball is released from your hands, the potential energy is going to convert to kinetic energy (energy conversions). Right before the ball hits the ground, it has 100% kinetic energy, but the second the ball hits the ground it has 100% potential energy because it has no motion for the little time it is on the ground. When the basketball is bounced back up, the kinetic energy decreases while the potential energy increases. Then the ball reaches your hand and all of the energy is back to potential. This cycle continues. Do not forget that some of the energy when you bounce the basketball is transferred into sound energy ( when the ball hits the ground it creates sound).

Answer 4

The ball falls down: gravitational potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.

The ball briefly gets compressed when it hits the ground: kinetic energy is converted to elastic (potential) energy.

When the ball rebounds, this elastic energy is converted back into kinetic energy.

As the ball goes up, kinetic energy is converted into gravitational potential energy.

Note that in each step, some energy will be lost or better, wasted (converted to heat, mainly). When this happens, the ball doesn't rebound as high as it was initially.

Answer 5

Assuming you have a magic tennis ball that doesn't lose energy, let's examine this question. You hold the ball at a certain height before you bounce it. It has potential energy directly proportional to that height. If you toss it down, you've added kinetic energy to the original potential energy. The ball will bounce higher than where you originally held it, because energy is conserved and the kinetic energy of your toss will be converted to potential energy, meaning height.

Answer 6

First it has kinetic then it bounces in the air which is potential then back to kinetic as the ball hits the ground

Answer 7

at first the ball goes down slow .then the ball speeds up.then the ball goes as fast as it could go. a ball has more energy going down a hill than up a hill.