Why does a basketball bounce higher on a concrete surface rather than on wood or carpet?

Question

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Answer 1

first off, as you may or may not know, the more energy an object (like the ball) has, the farther, higher, longer it will go.


concrete does not absorb as much energy as wood or carpet. so, with something that absorbs energy (think of energy like water and picture the material you are bouncing the ball off of as a sponge or paper towel.), the ball will have less energy to go back up when it hits the material that absorbs energy, just like after water hits a sponge, there is less water. but with something that absorbs less water(energy), like your hand or a peice of nilon, there is more water(energy) left over for the ball to bounce back up.

if you take energy away from an object, that object, obviously, has less energy.

its like bouncing a ball on a coil spring mattress vs, the Temperedpedic mattress( i think that's what its called). the coil spring mattress has less give than the Temperedpedic, so the ball bounces higher on the mattress with the coil springs.

this has quite a bit to do with newtons law that "for every action, there is an equal, but opposite reaction."

Answer 2

Wood and carpet are softer than cement. When you bounce a ball on carpet, the carpet (or wood) gets squashed a little bit, taking energy out of the ball. The ball has less energy, so it doesn't bounce as high.

Answer 3

concrete doesn't absorb energy which gives the energy back to the ball. unlike wood or carpet, they take energy which makes the ball less able to bounce higher. that's why nba players play on wood and streetballers play on concrete- they get bigger hieghts with the ball.

Answer 4

because wood and carpet have some "give" to them in that they flex when the ball hits. concrete has no give, so it doesn't disrupt newton's laws of motion.
if you punched concrete, wouldn't it hurt more than wood/carpet because it didn't move with your fist?

Answer 5

concrete surface is harder- carpet is soft-

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

its a much harder surface.