Throwing a ball into the air is a simple task, but this simple task involves many important scientific factors. Science plays a role in everything we do, even if we don't think about it. Many of these things are part of our lives and we don't even recognize them on a daily basis. We know they're there, but we don't really think about them, we just let them do their thing. When something flies through the air, the number of factors at play is considerable. Factors such as weight, wind, mass and gravity all affect the ball and its flight when thrown into the air. The first scientific factor involved is mass. Mass is simply the amount of matter contained in a given object, but what is matter? Matter is anything that can be physically touched or takes up space, no matter how large or small that object is. The volume of objects is the amount of space they occupy, and the density is the mass of a substance per unit volume. So the amount of matter in an object depends on how dense and large that object is which is equal to the mass of that object. In a situation where a ball is thrown into the air, the mass corresponds to the amount of matter contained in the thrown ball. The second scientific factor is gravity, it is important because the whole reason the ball falls is gravity. Gravity is the force that holds matter together. Matter has what we call gravitational attraction, the more matter in an object, the greater the gravitational attraction for that object. The size of an object does not determine an object's gravitational pull, but the combined size and density (mass) do. The gravitational pull of our earth is the reason we stay on the ground, the earth is so big that it has a great gravitational pull. When we jump, gravity brings us back to earth, whether we were on a plane smaller or smaller than...... middle of paper ......its speed until it is completely eliminated. After losing speed he will start to fall but when he falls his inertia will try to keep him still and gravity will pull him down increasing the speed of the ball. The ball thrown into the air is a good example of how things we don't always think about are always at work. The balls are made up of matter and the mass is the amount of matter contained in them. Balls weigh as much as gravity pulls on them, the bigger and denser the ball the greater the pull of gravity and the heavier the object. The better the ball cuts through the air, the faster it will be able to go, which will also allow it to go higher but will also help it fall faster. Not least inertia is the force that is the instinct of matter, when it is forced the matter will change its course but otherwise it remains doing what it is already doing.