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This one probably isn't important if you need to ask, but if you don't recall your grade school science, or you need this answer because you were passing a note to the girl two seats over when the answer was given in class. Newton, supreme physicist, and the apple on his head story. Remember yet?
They fall at the same speed!
Unless there is enough atmosphere to slow one of the objects down. (i.e. resistance to air, or water, will slow an objects descent by gravity, so if the lighter object is larger and there is medium, such as air, that the two objects are falling through the heavier will hit the stopping point first but if the heavier object is large enough it will create drag on the atmosphere slowing itself and the smaller lighter object will land first. You can see this easily in an atmosphere of water.) All things except weight being equal they will both fall at terminal velocity for the atmosphere they are passing through.
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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.
Who'll travel faster heavy or light object?
The results will vary, depending on the specific situation.
Why do objects all fall at the same time when gravity is the only force acting?
-- Because that's the way gravity behaves. -- Because is would be ridiculous to think that heavy objects fall faster. Here's why: ==> Let's say that heavy objects fall faster and light objects fall slower. ==> Take a piece of sticky tape and stick a light object onto the back of a heavy object. Then drop them together off of a roof. ==> The light object tries to fall slower and holds back, and the heavy object tries to fall faster and pulls forward. So when they're stuck together, they fall at some in-between speed. ==> But wait! When they're stuck together they weigh more than the heavy object alone. So how can a stuck-together object that's heavier than the heavy object alone fall at a speed that's slower than the heavy object alone ? ! ? Isn't that ridiculous ? There's no way that heavy objects can fall faster than light objects.
What color object will reflect green light when white light falls on it?
Something white..
If equal forces are applied to a light and a heavy object which one will accelerate more?
the light one
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.
Why doesn't a heavy object accelerate more than a light object when both are freely falling?
Here's the answer, and I love it. Let's assume that heavy objects fall fasterand light objects fall slower, just like everybody wants them to.Follow me now . . .-- Heavier objects fall faster. Lighter objects fall slower.-- Take a heavy object and a light object up to the roof of a tall building.Then take a piece of sticky tape, and stick the light object onto the backof the heavy one. Then walk carefully to the edge of the roof, and dropthe package over the side. As you do that, yell down "Look out below!"-- The heavier object normally falls faster, so it tries to pull the package ahead.The lighter object normally falls slower, so it tries to hold the package back. Soas they fight each other, the package falls at some middle speed, slower thanthe heavy object alone, and faster than the lighter object alone.-- But wait! They're taped together. How is that different from being glued together ?Or melted together ? Or welded together ? Or even inside the same skin ?-- Or even being the same single object ? They could just as well be a single object,one that weighs a little more than the original heavier object.-- But we just agreed that the package falls a little slower than the original heavier object,even though it's heavier than the original heavier object.-- Our orignal assumption . . . that a heavy object falls faster than a lght object . . . leads usdown the garden path to a ridiculous result.That assumption must be wrong.Don't ya just love it !
Who'll travel faster heavy or light object?
The results will vary, depending on the specific situation.
Why do objects all fall at the same time when gravity is the only force acting?
-- Because that's the way gravity behaves. -- Because is would be ridiculous to think that heavy objects fall faster. Here's why: ==> Let's say that heavy objects fall faster and light objects fall slower. ==> Take a piece of sticky tape and stick a light object onto the back of a heavy object. Then drop them together off of a roof. ==> The light object tries to fall slower and holds back, and the heavy object tries to fall faster and pulls forward. So when they're stuck together, they fall at some in-between speed. ==> But wait! When they're stuck together they weigh more than the heavy object alone. So how can a stuck-together object that's heavier than the heavy object alone fall at a speed that's slower than the heavy object alone ? ! ? Isn't that ridiculous ? There's no way that heavy objects can fall faster than light objects.
What stops first a heavy object or a light one?
A light object has less momentum than a heavy object. A light object would stop first.
Why a heavy object does not falle faster than a light object?
When heavy objects roll down something, fricition is involved. Friction is made by the rubbing of one thing against the other. Try rubbing your hands together reallly fast. Do your hands feel warm? Heavy objects have more friction, which slows down the heavy object. Lighter objects have less friction which cause it to run faster.
When reflecting light?
light is reflected when it falls on some object. every object has the ability to reflect light.
What will be the colour of a yellow object in a dark room while white light falls on it?
Black will be the color of a yellow object in a dark room while white light falls on it.
What will be the colour of a yellow object in a dark room while red light falls on it?
Green will be the color of a yellow object in a dark room while red light falls on it.
Is it possible for a lighter object to fall faster than a heavy object?
Not without the help of air resistance. With plenty of air resistance, a small, light, wadded-up sheet of paper could fall faster than a big, heavy sheet of lead foil. In the absence of air resistance, the size, age, weight, mass, shape, race, creed, color, religion, political persuasion, gender, or national origin of the object has no effect on how it falls. They all fall with exactly the same acceleration, and all reach the same speed in the same amount of time.
Besides reflection what can happen to light when it falls on an object?
It can be absorbed
Does opaque object absorbs all the light that falls on it?
yes?
