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How could you carry out a demonstration on Earth of a feather falling at the same rate of a bowling ball?
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What is a demonstration of newtons first law?
That you are pushing the earth down while the earth is pushing you up, so you stay where you are.
How much does a bowling ball weigh on Mercury?
A 16 pound bowling ball on Earth would weight approximately 6 pounds on Mercury.
What causes a satellite to stay in orbit rather than falling towards earth?
Its forward motion. Please understand that something in orbit IS falling towards Earth.
How does gravity keep the moon in orbit earth?
The moon is falling, but since the Earth's gravitational pull is constantly acting on it, the moon keeps falling but it is moving towards the Earth so it move in an egg shaped motion.
Why is the mass of a bowling ball the same on earth and on the moon but the weight of the bowling ball on earth different on the moon?
You need to understand that MASS is an intrinsic property of matter, the bowling ball will have the same mass no matter where it is. WEIGHT is the pull of gravity on matter. As gravity is weaker/less on the Moon as compared to Earth, the same size lump of matter (the bowling ball) will weigh less on the Moon as it does on Earth. The problem in understanding this difference happens because as we live on Earth we confused MASS and WEIGHT before we understood the physics. On Earth a 1 Kg mass weighs 1 Kg, however if we take that 1 kg mass to the Moon where gravity is only one third of that on Earth it will only weigh 1/3 Kg. However, there is another property of matter that is related directly to its Mass and that is the energy you need to put in to get it to move (or stop moving) - this is called INERTIA. Weather on the Moon or on the Earth the INERTIA of the bowling ball will remain the same. If you roll it to another person on a horizontal surface on the Moon or on Earth, the person you roll it to will find it just as hard to stop in both places.
Greatest velocity of a falling objecy?
The greatest velocity any object can have on earth is it's terminal velocity. That means when the force of gravity is eventually overcome by the force of air resistance of the falling object. An example of this would be that a falling feather reaches its terminal velocity much quicker (and therefore falls much slower) than something that is more dense and aerodynamic, such as a bowling ball or a baby.
What is the acceleration of a 10-N freely falling object with no air resistance?
The acceleration of any freely falling object near the earth's surface with no air resistanceis 9.8 meters (32.2 feet) per second2 .We keep hammering on it but people still can't believe it . . . the weight of the objectmakes absolutely no difference. When you vacuum the air out of a big vertical pipeand then drop a feather and a bowling ball from the top of the pipe at the same time,the feather and the bowling ball both hit bottom at the same time.Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/What_is_the_acceleration_of_a_10-N_freely_falling_object_with_no_air_resistance#ixzz1ma3A0IFb
Why did the feather and the hammer land the same time on the moon and different times on the earth?
The Earth has an atmosphere and the moon doesn't, so a falling feather on Earth runs into quite a bit of air resistance which slows it down much more than a hammer. On the moon, there is no air resistance.
Foucault pendulum is a famous demonstration of Earth's?
A Foucault pendulum is a famous demonstration of Earth's:
Will a 8-lb bowling ball dropped from the fifth floor drop before a 10-lb bowling ball?
Near the surface of the earth, all objects fall with the same acceleration; after any period of time spent falling, all objects are falling with the same speed, and have fallen the same distance. If there's any difference in falling behavior between two objects, it's the result of air resistance. If they fall through a region where there is no air, a feather and a battleship fall with the same acceleration. If they're dropped side by side, they stay side by side all the way down. This has been known for roughly the past 500 years. Right. The gravitational attraction is bigger, but so is the inertia in the same ratio.
Why does the feather fall more slowly than a hammer do?
On Earth, a feather falls more slowly than a hammer due to air resistance. The feather is impeded more by the air than the bowling ball is. In a vacuum, such as outer space, there is no air and thus no air resistance. In this environment, all objects fall at the same rate, regardless of their shape or mass.
What causes a bowling ball to stop on earth?
Inertia and gravity cause a bowling ball to stop on earth.
Why does the hammer and feather theory work on the moon and not on earth'?
In simple theory any object will accelerate downwards at the same rate after being dropped. But, if you try it, the air gets in the way and stops a feather falling as fast as a hammer. On the Moon there is no air so everything falls at the same rate (which is 1/6 as fast as on the Earth.
What would happen if you dropped a hammer and a feather here on earth?
The feather would reach the earth first dumb@$$
Does a bowling ball or a tennis ball have more inertia?
This can be a tricky question; before answering one like this ask for the frame of reference.If you are in a closet with a floating feather, and a ball on a shelf, and measure momentum relative to the closet, the feather will have more momentum than the bowling ball.However, if you look at the larger picture, you will find thatthe earth is rotatingthe earth is orbiting the sunthe sun is moving relative to other stars near usthe sun is orbiting our galaxyour galaxy is moving relative to other galaxies.Every one of these motions involves momentum, and the total momentum is shared out among everything on or in this planet in proportion to its mass. The bowling ball is enormously massive compared to the feather, and has vastly more momentum in the universal frame of reference.The answer is correct, but the last sentence is wrong. There is no universal frame of reference.
What is the duration of Falling From Earth?
The duration of Falling From Earth is 1.17 hours.
When was Falling From Earth created?
Falling From Earth was created in 2007-12.
