The Ball's Journey: A Classroom DebateSetting: A bustling classroom. Students are gathered around a table, a ball rests in the center. Mr. Smith, their physics teacher, stands at the front.Mr. Smith: Alright class, let's explore a simple phenomenon: why does a ball, when rolled across the floor, eventually come to a stop?Sarah: Well, it's obvious, Mr. Smith. The ball stops because we stopped pushing it. It needs a force to keep moving.Mr. Smith: That's a good starting point, Sarah. But what if we think about it in terms of the great thinkers of the past? Aristotle, Galileo, and Newton each had their own perspective on motion. Let's start with Aristotle.John: Aristotle believed that everything has a natural place. For a ball, its natural place is at rest. So, it naturally wants to stop.Mr. Smith: Exactly. Aristotle believed that an object needs a continuous force to maintain its motion. Without that force, it will return to its natural state of rest.Emily: But that doesn't seem right! If I push a ball on a smooth surface, it seems to keep moving for quite a while.Mr. Smith: Excellent point, Emily. That's where Galileo comes in. Galileo challenged Aristotle's ideas. He argued that objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless acted upon by an external force.David: So, Galileo thought that the ball would keep moving forever if there was no friction?