Eli5: What determines whether an object can bounce or not?

Question

Is the material an object is made out of more important? Or also what material the ball comes into contact with also important? (throwing a ball down on concrete vs throwing it on grass)

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Answer 1

Have you heard of the term “dead cat bouncing”?

The idea is that if you drop *anything* from high enough, it will bounce at least once.