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Is it possible for a lighter object to fall faster than a heavy object?
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∙ 14y ago
Not without the help of air resistance.
With plenty of air resistance, a small, light, wadded-up sheet of paper could fall faster than a
big, heavy sheet of lead foil.
In the absence of air resistance, the size, age, weight, mass, shape, race, creed, color, religion,
political persuasion, gender, or national origin of the object has no effect on how it falls. They all
fall with exactly the same acceleration, and all reach the same speed in the same amount of time.
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How could you determine if it will take the same time for the lighter and heavier object to reach the ground when dropped at the same height in the same time?
drop a heavy object and a light object from the same height at the same time. time it with a stopwatch, or just watch them.
The source of fuel for fission reactors is?
"Binding energy." Absorption of neutrons by heavy elements, and fission of those heavy elements into lighter "fragments". The "lighter fragements" have a greater net binding energy than the heavier elements did.
Will a heavy bobsled go down a track faster than a light one?
A little. Momentum is mass times velocity. The more momentum and object has the harder it is to stop. So the more momentum a bobsled has the more effective it will be against the forces trying to slow it down such as friction, wind resistance, drag, etc. However, this does assume that the bobsled team can get the heavier sled up to the same speed as a lighter one.
How was Aristotle's dynamic motion theory proven wrong?
Aristotle's dynamic motion theory was proven wrong by a man named Galileo. He tested Aristotle's theory by dropping a heavy object and a lighter object at the same time. The experiment proved Aristotle wrong because the result was that the two objects were falling at the same rate (speed).
How can you stub your toe?
you can kick something or drop a heavy object on it
Does heat moves from a heavy object to a lighter object?
NO it moves from a warm object to a cool object
Why a heavy object does not falle faster than a light object?
When heavy objects roll down something, fricition is involved. Friction is made by the rubbing of one thing against the other. Try rubbing your hands together reallly fast. Do your hands feel warm? Heavy objects have more friction, which slows down the heavy object. Lighter objects have less friction which cause it to run faster.
How long in seconds would it take for an object to fall 120 meters?
depends on weight of object and wind strength.normally heavy objects will drop down faster than lighter objects.
Do you go faster snow tubing if you are heavy?
Sometimes it does matter but it is easier to go faster when you are a kid and are lighter!
Why lighter pendulum stop faster than the heavy one?
more mass in motion= higher stored energy, requiring more forces (friction, gravity) to still the momentum of the heavier object.
Why doesn't a heavy object accelerate more than a light object when both are freely falling?
Here's the answer, and I love it. Let's assume that heavy objects fall fasterand light objects fall slower, just like everybody wants them to.Follow me now . . .-- Heavier objects fall faster. Lighter objects fall slower.-- Take a heavy object and a light object up to the roof of a tall building.Then take a piece of sticky tape, and stick the light object onto the backof the heavy one. Then walk carefully to the edge of the roof, and dropthe package over the side. As you do that, yell down "Look out below!"-- The heavier object normally falls faster, so it tries to pull the package ahead.The lighter object normally falls slower, so it tries to hold the package back. Soas they fight each other, the package falls at some middle speed, slower thanthe heavy object alone, and faster than the lighter object alone.-- But wait! They're taped together. How is that different from being glued together ?Or melted together ? Or welded together ? Or even inside the same skin ?-- Or even being the same single object ? They could just as well be a single object,one that weighs a little more than the original heavier object.-- But we just agreed that the package falls a little slower than the original heavier object,even though it's heavier than the original heavier object.-- Our orignal assumption . . . that a heavy object falls faster than a lght object . . . leads usdown the garden path to a ridiculous result.That assumption must be wrong.Don't ya just love it !
How to prove heavy things do not fall faster than lighter things by using Newton's law of gravitation?
This was proven on the moon when a person droped a hamer and a fether from a bird. it proved that any object falls at the same speed.
Why do objects all fall at the same time when gravity is the only force acting?
-- Because that's the way gravity behaves. -- Because is would be ridiculous to think that heavy objects fall faster. Here's why: ==> Let's say that heavy objects fall faster and light objects fall slower. ==> Take a piece of sticky tape and stick a light object onto the back of a heavy object. Then drop them together off of a roof. ==> The light object tries to fall slower and holds back, and the heavy object tries to fall faster and pulls forward. So when they're stuck together, they fall at some in-between speed. ==> But wait! When they're stuck together they weigh more than the heavy object alone. So how can a stuck-together object that's heavier than the heavy object alone fall at a speed that's slower than the heavy object alone ? ! ? Isn't that ridiculous ? There's no way that heavy objects can fall faster than light objects.
Surely an object that is heavy and aero-dynamic would fall faster?
If there is an atmosphere - yes. In a vacuum - no.
Who'll travel faster heavy or light object?
The results will vary, depending on the specific situation.
Is it possible to add chalk to heavy soils to make it lighter?
i m not sure i don think u can u no
Why does a heavy thing go further than a lighter thing?
because of inertia if the mass of the object is more than inertia also be more
