A student is testing how mass impacts kinetic energy. From the same height on a diving board, she drops two
balls into a swimming pool. One ball has a bigger mass than the other.
a. How would the splashes of the two balls compare?
• The ball with the higher mass would make a bigger splash.
• The balls would make splashes of the same size.
• The size of the splash is independent of the mass of the ball.
• The ball with the lower mass would make a bigger splash.
1 answer
The ball with the higher mass would make a bigger splash.