How Can A Tennis Ball Lose Its Bounce

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How Long does it take the different ages of tennis balls to lose its bounce. If you were to drop a ball miles up in the air the ball would continue to accelerate to the ground because of the constant force of gravity, but, If you were to drop a ball a few yards, then from a mile apart, because of the Earth’s size, the difference in gravitational force would be hardly noticeable.
Tennis balls are made of two concave rubber halves which are cemented together, the cover is made out of a combination of wool, synthetic fiber,(which is often nilon) and the seams of the tennis ball are made out of stitches.
If you were to heat a tennis ball, the gas molecules would expand which makes its energy increase inturn making it bounce more. If you made

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