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Yes, lighter objects weigh less, therefore causing them to stay aloft in the air for a longer period of time. For example, (and this isn't exact, just an example) you can throw a 5 ounce tennis ball higher into the air than you can throw a 13 pound Bowling ball.
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Why do your heavy and light balls not bounce higher than your bouncy ball?
because light ball have more air in them so they bounce higher
Is air heavy or light?
Generally, dry air is heavier than humid air because the water vapor is lighter than the nitrogen and oxygen that make up 99% of the atmosphere. Also, cold air is heavier than warm air. which is the basis for most of our weather. The reason cold air is heavier is due to the molecules being packed closer together.
What are three things refract light?
glass,water and air
Why is it important that a pendulum in a clock is heavy?
If the pendulum is light it will be susceptible to perturbations from air currents, leading to a loss of accuracy.
Does the mass of the spinning tops affect how long a spinning top spins?
Yes it affects it. Imagine a heavy top and a light top spinning at the same rate. There are two things which are slowing them down - friction of the bottom pin on the supporting surface and the viscosity of the air, as it is stirred by the rotating surface it covers. The heavier top has more energy than the light top. Assuming that the two are the same size and have the same shape and surface texture, then the rate of loss of energy to the air is the same for both. It is likely that the friction at the pin will be greater for the heavy top and so the energy loss rate there will be greater. Therefore, the overall loss-rate cannot be decided. The heavy top may have a sticky pin and lose its extra energy quickly, collapsing before the light pin. However, it seems to me that the loss of energy to the air is considerably more than the friction loss at the pin and therefore the heavier top will be losing energy at a rate not much greater than the light top. The heavier top can start with a lot more energy than the light one, and so I vote for the heavy top spinning for longer.
Why do your heavy and light balls not bounce higher than your bouncy ball?
because light ball have more air in them so they bounce higher
What is heavier a warm front or a cold front?
It depends on if you mean heavy rain or light rain. If you mean heavy rain then when a cold air mass rises over a warm air mas. If you mean light rain then when a warm air mass rises over a warm air mass.
Is helium light or heavy?
Helium is very light. it is the second lightest element
Is air heavy or light?
Generally, dry air is heavier than humid air because the water vapor is lighter than the nitrogen and oxygen that make up 99% of the atmosphere. Also, cold air is heavier than warm air. which is the basis for most of our weather. The reason cold air is heavier is due to the molecules being packed closer together.
Why can you run faster than you can swim?
Because water is heavy, Air is light.
Which frisbee's can stay in the air the longest heavy or light?
Light because the wind is able to carry the disc farther.
Why doesn't light travel as straight or far in water as in air?
There are more things for the light waves to bounce off of in water, so light can not travel in a straight line or as far.
Does air molecules escape into space?
Air molecules do escape into space it depends on how heavy or hoe light they are. However, lighter molecules of air have greater velocities while heavy molecules of air has less velocities were gravity pulls the air downwards.
How heavy is pumice?
Pumice, being mostly composed of air bubbles, is surprisingly light for a rock. So light, in fact, that it can float on water.
What are three things refract light?
glass,water and air
What do the lungs do during exercise?
The lungs expand to take in more air while you breathe heavy and breathing more then normal day-to-day things like cleaning the house washing the dashes etc.
At a campfire the ash from the burning wood goes up into the air instead of downwards even though gravity causes all things to fall downwards?
While its true (but simplistic) that gravity causes things to fall downwards, the force is more powerful on heavy things then on light things. That's why air, which is very light, remains above the ground. Now, the ash from your campfire is light, but not as light as air, so at first glance it should still fall to the ground. But, you have to understand what's going on with the fire. As the fire warms the air directly above it, that air expands, becoming less dense. The force of gravity on that warm air lessens in comparison to the colder air around the campfire, causing the warmer air to rise. Ashes from your campfire are caught in this rising warm air. Because they have very large surface-area-to-mass ratios, they are much more affected by moving air than by gravity. (This is the same reason a sail on a sailboat billows out in a strong wind, rather than hanging limp.) And so, the ashes rise along with the rising warm air. However, if you continue to follow the flight of the ashes, you will see that, once the ash is freed from the rising warm air, it will eventually fall back to the ground
