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Weight has nothing to do with how fast things fall, only wind resistance. Take two 16 ounce soda bottles, open one and drink eight ounces. The unopened bottle is twice as heavy as the opened bottle. Drop both bottles at the same time from a tall building: they will hit the ground at the same time. That is because gravity is a constant and the velocity of any falling object is 9.8 meters per second/per second.
Acceleration is the same for all objects at m/s^2 (32.2 ft/s^2 or 22 mph) for each second of its descent. Thus, ignoring air resistance an object starting from rest will attain a velocity of 9.81 m/s after one second, 19.62 m/s after two seconds, and so on. The argument of the feather and the hammer (the hammer hitting the ground first) has nothing to do with weight, but rather that the feather has much higher aerodynamic qualities than the hammer. Weight does not affect how quickly things fall.
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Does the increase in weight cause an object to fall faster?
yes, weight plays a role in how fast an object can fall
Does the buoyant force on a submerged object depend on the weight of the object itself or on the weight of the fluid displaced by the object?
The upward bouyant force depends only on the weight of the displaced fluid. The NET force (object's weight - bouyant force) depends on the object's weight and will determine how fast it sinks.
Explain why a man using a parachute falls through air slowly while a stone falls through air very fast?
When an object falls through air, it experiences air resistance. This air resistance is a force that opposes the object's motion. The amount of air resistance an object experiences depends on the object's shape, size, and speed. A man using a parachute falls slowly because the parachute creates a large amount of air resistance. A stone falls very fast because it has a small amount of air resistance.
If an object falls how fast will it hit the ground?
it depends on shape and resistence as cat only falls at 100kph but humans have a max of 290 if shaped downward like a bullet
Does water affect how fast something falls?
Yes, however, even air affects how fast something falls. The weight of the water is what causes buoyancy (certain materials to float), and and the resistance of water plays a small role - the weight of the water being the larger role - in what causes other materials to fall slower than they would through air. There are actually certain things that are buoyant in the air, like helium. You will notice that if you let all the air out of your lungs, you will fall down through the water at a certain (very slow) speed. That speed is your terminal velocity through water. The terminal velocity of an average sized human through the air is about 55.6 m/s (200 kph or 124 mph). This speed is obviously much higher than the speed at which something falls through water. So water does affect haw fast something falls. "But wait, certain objects appear to fall through the water at the same speed that they fall through the air!" To explain this, water affects how fast something falls - compared to how fast it falls through the air - depending on its density. The object which you're talking about, is actually falling slower through the water, you just can't tell. We see this property in air too, why do you think a pound of feathers falls much slower than a lead weight?
What is the appropriate equation for how fast an object freely falls from a position of rest for how far that object falls?
The equation for speed or fast is v=at and the distance is d=1/2 at2 the acceleration is 'a'.
What Is the appropiate aquation for how fast an object freely falls from a position of rest For how far that object falls?
for how fast an object falls, use v=gt. g stands for the acceleration of gravity- 9.8 m/s2 v stands for speed t stands for time for how far that object falls, use d=0.5gt2 d being distance
Does the increase in weight cause an object to fall faster?
yes, weight plays a role in how fast an object can fall
Is it true that the thing that affects how fast it falls is the objects surface area?
Surface area is ONE thing that can affect how fast an object falls. Two forces determine how fast an object falls - the force of gravity and the opposing drag on the object from the medium it is falling through. In the case of an object falling in a vacuum, there is no drag so the object falls strictly according to the law of gravity. If an object is dropped through a fluid such as air or water, it can reach a terminal velocity where the force of gravity is exactly counterbalanced by the opposing drag on the object. In this case acceleration ceases - although motion does not. In other words, the object continues to fall, but it doesn't speed up. Drag force is a function of object velocity, viscosity of the fluid it is falling through, the surface area of the falling object, the surface roughness of the falling object, and the geometry of the falling object (spheres usually have less drag than cubes for example).
Does the buoyant force on a submerged object depend on the weight of the object itself or on the weight of the fluid displaced by the object?
The upward bouyant force depends only on the weight of the displaced fluid. The NET force (object's weight - bouyant force) depends on the object's weight and will determine how fast it sinks.
Will a shape of an object affect how fast it falling?
In air, yes. In vacuum, no.
Does the weight of and object affects how fast it goes down a plank?
It is possible.
Explain why a man using a parachute falls through air slowly while a stone falls through air very fast?
When an object falls through air, it experiences air resistance. This air resistance is a force that opposes the object's motion. The amount of air resistance an object experiences depends on the object's shape, size, and speed. A man using a parachute falls slowly because the parachute creates a large amount of air resistance. A stone falls very fast because it has a small amount of air resistance.
How does the weight of the lion affect its speed?
it cant run fast if it is fat
If an object falls how fast will it hit the ground?
it depends on shape and resistence as cat only falls at 100kph but humans have a max of 290 if shaped downward like a bullet
Does water affect how fast something falls?
Yes, however, even air affects how fast something falls. The weight of the water is what causes buoyancy (certain materials to float), and and the resistance of water plays a small role - the weight of the water being the larger role - in what causes other materials to fall slower than they would through air. There are actually certain things that are buoyant in the air, like helium. You will notice that if you let all the air out of your lungs, you will fall down through the water at a certain (very slow) speed. That speed is your terminal velocity through water. The terminal velocity of an average sized human through the air is about 55.6 m/s (200 kph or 124 mph). This speed is obviously much higher than the speed at which something falls through water. So water does affect haw fast something falls. "But wait, certain objects appear to fall through the water at the same speed that they fall through the air!" To explain this, water affects how fast something falls - compared to how fast it falls through the air - depending on its density. The object which you're talking about, is actually falling slower through the water, you just can't tell. We see this property in air too, why do you think a pound of feathers falls much slower than a lead weight?
Does weight on a skateboard affect how fast it travels?
Yes because if there's more weight, the skateboard will go faster. Less weight it will go slower.
