Why does the pressure inside a basketball increase when you bounce it on the floor?

Answer 1

the number of molecules changes

Answer 2

In the game of Basketball, you dribble (bounce) the ball, and it is important that the basketball bounce back up to nearly the height from which you dropped it. The height at which something bounces back is proportional the coefficient of restitution, and that coefficient is higher, among other things, when there is greater air pressure inside the ball. Therefore a basketball has higher air pressure, to give it a higher coefficient of restitution, which makes it bounce better.

The greater the air pressure, the harder the ball feels when it hits you. That is why getting hit on the side of the head with a thrown basketball can really hurt. A beach ball does not have to bounce, and it should not hurt you when it hits you. For that reason, beach balls have lower air pressure.

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that doesnt answer the question

a basketball has more pressure because it has more particles of gas in it and also since they are closer together. this causes the particles to collide with the basketball at a faster rate then a beach ball. in a beach ball there are fewer particles and farther apart making the particles hit the inside of the beach ball at a slower rate making the pressure lower than the basketball.

Answer 3

that question makes no sense