I'm not too sure about the answer myself, but I'll take a crack at it. My understanding is that temperature increases the kinetic energy of air particles (molecules) in the ball (e.g. on a hot day a balloon expands. Likewise, on a cold winter day, the balloon tends to shrink a lot quicker). When "excited" (through increase in temperature), particles tend to speed up, and bounces against the inner wall of the ball. This results in an overall increase in pressure inside the ball, which thus results in a higher bounce (e.g. a soccer ball pumped fully bounces higher than a partially deflated soccer ball).
It depends on the surface the ball is bouncing on. If the ground is cold, then usually it is harder than normal. When the outfield grass is warmer it's usually softer. Unless the softball is in extreme heat or extreme cold, the ball wont bounce noticeably different. The atoms will be moving slower in a colder softball than in a warmer softball, but it wont cause the ball to die or anything.
Well yes, if its hot the ball bounces high... so if its cold the ball is more flat.
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A warmer environment will expand the air inside an inflatable ball making it bouncier.
A warmer temperature may also make the ball surface more pliant and bouncier.
the ball is harder in the cold weather making it less bouncy but in warm weather the ball is less stiff and more bouncy.
There are a few reasons why a baseball's temperature affect it's bounce. The higher the heat the faster the molecules move.
The heat sometimes exspands the ball because it is made of ruber
The warmer the temperature is, the farther the ball will travel because colder air is denser, and denser air impedes the ball's movement.
temperature does affect the bounce of a ball!
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When the ball is at a low temperature, the molecules are not flexible and bounce only to a small height. On the other hand, if the ball is warm or at a higher temperature, it will bounce longer heights.
Temperature does affect the bounce of a ball. I know this because I did an expiremnt on the exact same question. The hotter the temperature is, the more pressure builds up inside a ball and the more bouncier it will be. The colder it is, pressure decreaces making it bounce lower than what the ball bounced at room temperature. In conclusion, the ball bounces higher when it is warmer and it bounces lower when it is colder.
A freezer, oven, a room
Yes. 'Warm' increases the elasticity. Cold decreases the elasticity. Extreme cold can make the substances brittle and not bounce at all.
Yes... If the surface is smooth, then the ball should bounce fine but if the surface is rough the ball will bounce all over the place.
the higher the grass the higher the bounce.
the temperature of a basketball effects it's bounce because the air partacles in the ball slow down causing it to lose pressure and it doesn't bounce as well. if a ball has more pressure it bounces better.
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