In This Lesson You Will...

  • Distinguish the different forces acting on a tennis ball.
  • Identify how temperature affects the pressure of the tennis ball.
  • Determine how different variables affect the temperature of the court and its effects on players.

SC.912.P.12.10: Interpret the behavior of ideal gases in terms of kinetic molecular theory.
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SC.912.P.10.5: Relate temperature to the average molecular kinetic energy.
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SC.912.P.10.4: Describe heat as the energy transferred by convection, conduction, and radiation, and explain the connection of heat to change in temperature or states of matter.
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SC.912.P.12.3: Interpret and apply Newton’s Laws of Motion.
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