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It won't affect the rate of fall, which is 9.8m/s2. If you drop a Bowling ball and a crumpled ball of paper from the same height, they will land at the same time. The earth's gravity determines the rate of fall. During the Apollo 15 moon landing, a feather and a hammer were dropped from the same height and they landed at the same time. The moon's gravity determined their rate of fall.
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Does the mass of an object determines the rate at which it will fall?
Mass does not determine the rate something will fall. The rate of acceleration is constant as gravity, regardless of mass.
What factors affect the rate of object falls through air?
The force of gravity will affect the rate of falling in air. As will the aerodynamic shape of the object. And assuming that the air is not moving with or against the direction of fall.
Do objects with the same mass but a different density fall at the same rate?
In vacuum, yes. Otherwise the object with a lower density will fall more slowly.
When dropping objects with different masses which object will land first?
they fall at the same rate regardless of their mass Maryann Saba
What object falls faster a heavy object or a light object in a vacuum?
They both fall at the same rate. This is because they are both only acted upon by one force in the vacuum- gravitational acceleration. The mass, size or shape of the object do not influence the object's motion in a vacuum.
Does the mass of an object determines the rate at which it will fall?
Mass does not determine the rate something will fall. The rate of acceleration is constant as gravity, regardless of mass.
How do gravity affect any pair of objects?
the object with the greater mass will fall to the ground first. if you think of a hammer and a feather the hammer will obviously fall first. unless your in a vacuum. then the objects fall at an equal rate!
Does the shape of an object affect the rate of it's fall?
In air, yes. In vacuum, no.
What is the relationship between free-fall acceleration and mass?
The rate of free-fall acceleration is a constant based upon the local gravity - on planet Earth the acceleration is 9.8m/s2. Mass is a function of the object being measured or observed, which can vary considerably. The two do not directly affect each other, but both taken together determine the force of the object in free-fall - by knowing the free-fall acceleration and the mass of the object, you can calculate how hard it will impact the Earth.
What factors affect the rate of object falls through air?
The force of gravity will affect the rate of falling in air. As will the aerodynamic shape of the object. And assuming that the air is not moving with or against the direction of fall.
Do the object of the same shape but different mass fall at the same rate?
in a vacuum, yes, all objects would fall at the same rate, but otherwise no due to air friction
How does weight affect an object when falling?
All Objects fall at the same rate in a vaacume, no matter the weight.
Does the mass effect the time taken for objects rolling down a slope?
Galileo dropped two different sized objects from the tower of Pisa and they both hit the ground at the same time. The object was to prove that the size/weight (i.e. mass) of the object would not affect the rate of fall.
How does the horizonal motion of an object affect the rate that it falls?
It doesn't. In air, the object may 'fall' at a different rate, depending on any aerodynamic qualities it may have, but otherwise an object will fall at the same rate without respect to it's lateral motion. Of course, unless the object is in a vacuum, its aerodynamic qualities, however limited, will impact the rate at which it falls.
Do objects with the same mass but a different density fall at the same rate?
In vacuum, yes. Otherwise the object with a lower density will fall more slowly.
How does the weight of an object affect the rate of it's fall?
It doesn't. Acceleration in gravitational field depends only on the attractor's mass and distance to its center. a = GM / r, where: G - gravitational constant, M - mass of attractor, r - distance between bodies.
How do the velocities of unbalanced weights compared?
When dropped the mass of an object does not affect the rate at which it falls. The size and shape may affect the wind resistance which affects falling velocity but heavier objects will not fall faster than lighter objects with all other variables constant.
