objects which can fall through the air without hitting anything or be affected by any other variables that may cause them to stop going in their set direction.
free fall
To be very technical and precise, the answer consists of two parts: 1). No. 2). Outside of laboratory conditions, there can be no free-falling objects on Earth. "Free falling" means that there is no other force on the object except the gravitational one, so there's no friction acting on it. But this situation is impossible on Earth, because anything that falls is falling through air, so it does have friction acting on it ... called "air resistance" ... and it's not free falling.
If an object is in "free fall", it means that the only force acting on it is gravity.
To be very technical and precise, the answer consists of two parts: 1). No. 2). Outside of laboratory conditions, there can be no free-falling objects on Earth. "Free falling" means that there is no other force on the object except the gravitational one, so there's no friction acting on it. But this situation is impossible on Earth, because anything that falls is falling through air, so it does have friction acting on it ... called "air resistance" ... and it's not free falling.
Yes falling objects do have air resistance. They have even more if they have a larger surface area.
free fall
Let's imagine there is no air resistance and that gravity is the only thing affecting a falling object. Such an object would then be in free fall. Freely falling objects are affected only by gravity
To be very technical and precise, the answer consists of two parts: 1). No. 2). Outside of laboratory conditions, there can be no free-falling objects on Earth. "Free falling" means that there is no other force on the object except the gravitational one, so there's no friction acting on it. But this situation is impossible on Earth, because anything that falls is falling through air, so it does have friction acting on it ... called "air resistance" ... and it's not free falling.
If an object is in "free fall", it means that the only force acting on it is gravity.
Examples are: - rotation and revolution of the earth - objects that are falling (free fall) - wind turbines waterfall falling rocks bouncing ball boulder on top of a hill
The force of gravity will accelerate the falling objects towards itself.
To be very technical and precise, the answer consists of two parts: 1). No. 2). Outside of laboratory conditions, there can be no free-falling objects on Earth. "Free falling" means that there is no other force on the object except the gravitational one, so there's no friction acting on it. But this situation is impossible on Earth, because anything that falls is falling through air, so it does have friction acting on it ... called "air resistance" ... and it's not free falling.
Yes falling objects do have air resistance. They have even more if they have a larger surface area.
The speed when falling objects no longer accelerates due to air resistance is the maximum falling velocity.
Gravity causes falling objects to accelerate.
free falling bodies
One answer is that it is in free-fall in a vacuum (to eliminate atmospheric drag). Another answer is that it is in orbit around another body. The object could be in inter-stellar space, essentially experiencing the balanced gravitational force of "everything". If you eliminate the "middle of space" solution, the object would have to be in a state of acceleration. A seagull drops a clam while flying over a beach.