It depends on the time of fall or the distance of fall:
Vb = g*t or
Vb = √(2*g*y) where y is the distance fallen
a crate dropping , a tennis ball rolling down a hill, and a bowling ball falling are examples o f free fall.
a crate dropping , a tennis ball rolling down a hill, and a Bowling ball falling are examples o f free fall.
The speed of an object in free fall increases by 9.8 m/s every second. Therefore, after 2 seconds of free fall, the speed of the ball will be 9.8 m/s * 2 seconds = 19.6 m/s.
A bowling ball weighing many kilograms will kill a person if it hits them at the speed obtained from free fall from 15000 feet. If the energy of the ball has been absorbed by hitting a building first, anything from a bruise to death could occur.
In the free fall of a cotton ball, air resistance acts in the opposite direction of the ball's motion. As the cotton ball falls, it displaces air molecules which create a force that opposes its movement, slowing it down. This resistance increases as the velocity of the cotton ball increases, eventually reaching a point where the forces balance out and the ball falls at a constant speed.
An example of free fall due to gravity.
If you stand at the top of the bowling alley with a feather in one hand and a bowling ball in the other and drop them at the same time, the bowling ball will hit the parking lot first because wind currents will cause the feather to drift slowly.
Controlled demolition
In deep space, free of other gravitational influences, theoretically, yes. All objects with mass have "gravity" -- as long as the bowling ball contains more mass, there ought to be a particular velocity at which a golf ball would orbit it.
constant speed
The basic equation for average velocity is distance over time. However, if the velocity is changing uniformly, as it is in free fall, you can use initial velocity plus final velocity divided by two. That makes this problem easy. In free fall the object accelerates at 9.8 m/ss. That means every second it picks up 9.8 m/s of speed. So if is dropped from rest, then one second later its speed will be 9.8 m/s. Its average speed during that time is then initial velocity = 0 plus final velocity = 9.8 divided by 2, to get ; 4.9 m/s.
Free falling isn't actually related to force, when you free fall you are falling because of gravity, gravity is one of the four known forces, but gravity is simply the warping of the fabric of space and time, you fall because the earth streches that fabric, and you fall or sink into it, like a bowling ball on a trampoline. There are no forces acting on you, rather you are simply moving with the fabric which you exist in, which has been warped by the force of gravity. Free Fall is where an object whose motion is due to gravity ALONE.