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A basketball is filled with air and has a small hole. Explain why the basketball would leak.

A basketball is filled with air and has a small hole. Explain why the basketball would leak.
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A basketball is filled with air and has a small hole. Explain why the basketball would leak.

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the basket ball won't leak but the air would. the air will escape while it is being pressured by gravity, or when you bounce it. then the ball wouldn't work. 
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Because it has a small hole and air is like water, an area of higher pressure wants to move to a lower pressure area.
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