Does+Flooring+And+Shape+Affect+The+Bounce+Height+Of+Silly+Putty

Calvin M   Cary Academy ** ABSTRACT  ** The purpose of the experiment was to test if different surfaces and the different shapes would affect the bounce height of the silly putty. The surfaces were tile, carpet, pavement, and asphalt. The shapes of the silly putty were spheres and cubes. The hypothesis of the experiment was that the pavement, asphalt, and tile would bounce about the same while the carpet would bounce a little less because the carpet is softer than the rest of the surfaces. It was also hypothesized that the sphere would bounce a little higher than the cube because of its shape. The silly putty was rolled into the two different shapes, the sphere and the cube, and then the silly putty was bounced from all the surfaces. The silly putty was bounced from 100 cm and the highest point of the bounce was measured. The results were about the same as the expected; the pavement bounced the highest while the carpet bounced the lowest on both shapes and the tile and asphalt. Between the shapes, the sphere bounced the highest.
 * DOES FLOORING AND SHAPE AFFECT THE BOUNCE HEIGHT OF SILLY PUTTY? **