Air resistance creates friction and slows a falling object.
It reduces the acceleration of the falling object due to friction.
Air resistance causes friction and slows an object.
As a falling object accelerates through air, its speed increases and air resistance increases. While gravity pulls the object down, we find that air resistance is trying to limit the object's speed. Air resistance reduces the acceleration of a falling object. It would accelerate faster if it was falling in a vacuum.
It slows the acceleration - possibly down to zero @ "terminal velocity".
No. If there's any difference in the acceleration of different falling objects, it's the result of air resistance. If you could drop them through a space with no air, the lightest feather and the heaviest rock would have the same acceleration. It's called the acceleration of gravity, and it's 9.8 meters (32.1 feet) per second2 on earth. Regardless of the mass of the falling object.
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Absolutely,Although the effect will be minimal if you drop the quarter from waist height.If you drop it from an airplane, it might even reach terminal velocity where the air resistance would counteract and balance the acceleration due to gravity.
-- gravity -- air resistance
The force of acceleration (gravity) the drag (resistance which is a complex factor including shape, density, surface structure, viscosity of the medium through which the object is falling, etc. )
the same that it would affect any falling object. The higher the air resistance the thicker the air density. This will result in a higher drag coefficient and will slow the fall of the object.
Acceleration of a falling object is directly proportional tothe force of gravity in the object's location.
Air resistance and gravity are the main components.