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What defines a point at which an object will not accelerate any more?
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Terminal velocity defines the point at which an object will no longer accelerate. When a falling object reaches terminal velocity, it will continue to fall at a constant speed.
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If a constant force acts on two object's of different masses which object will accelerate more?
Force = mass times acceleration, so the smaller mass will accelerate more.
How can an object accelerate if it is moving at a constant speed?
by adding more force
The force of gravity on a 4kg object is twice that on a 2kg object Why does the 4kg object not fall with twice the accleration?
The reason that a heavier object does not fall faster even though there is more gravitational force on it is because it has more mass, and more energy is required to accelerate the greater mass. A small mass doesn't need a lot of force on it to accelerate it. It's "light" in weight. But a heavier one needs more force on it to accelerate it equally. Want a heavier object to accelerate the same as a lighter one? Apply more force. Gravity does that. Automatically. Think it through and it will lock in.
Why does it require much less force to accelerate a low mass object than it does to accelerate a high mass object the same amount?
a sponge will have more matter packed in the same space
Why do two objects with different mass will fall at the same time?
-- It takes more force to accelerate an object with more mass. ... Gravity exerts more force on an object with more mass. -- It takes less force to accelerate an object with less mass. ... Gravity exerts less force on an object with less mass. Whatever the mass of the object happens to be, gravity always exerts just the right amount of force to accelerate it at always the same rate ... 9.8 meters per second2.
If a constant force acts on two object's of different masses which object will accelerate more?
Force = mass times acceleration, so the smaller mass will accelerate more.
How can an object accelerate if it is moving at a constant speed?
by adding more force
The force of gravity on a 4kg object is twice that on a 2kg object Why does the 4kg object not fall with twice the accleration?
The reason that a heavier object does not fall faster even though there is more gravitational force on it is because it has more mass, and more energy is required to accelerate the greater mass. A small mass doesn't need a lot of force on it to accelerate it. It's "light" in weight. But a heavier one needs more force on it to accelerate it equally. Want a heavier object to accelerate the same as a lighter one? Apply more force. Gravity does that. Automatically. Think it through and it will lock in.
Which object will accelerate more if the same force is applied to both a pickup truck or a trctor-trailer truck?
Whichever is lighter will accelerate more quickly.
Why does it require much less force to accelerate a low mass object than it does to accelerate a high mass object the same amount?
a sponge will have more matter packed in the same space
The force required to slide an object is equal to?
The force required to accelerate an object depends on the object's mass. Newton's second law states that Force = Mass * Acceleration. Re-written to solve for acceleration, this becomes Acceleration = Force/Mass. Basically, this means that the more mass an object has, the more force is required to accelerate it. Also, the faster you want to accelerate the object, the more force you will need.
Why do two objects with different mass will fall at the same time?
-- It takes more force to accelerate an object with more mass. ... Gravity exerts more force on an object with more mass. -- It takes less force to accelerate an object with less mass. ... Gravity exerts less force on an object with less mass. Whatever the mass of the object happens to be, gravity always exerts just the right amount of force to accelerate it at always the same rate ... 9.8 meters per second2.
Does an object with more weight repuire more force to accelerate than an object with lighter weight?
It certainly does. That's why you have to push it harder to accelerate it horizontally. But that "more weight" that it has is exactly the more force it needs for vertical acceleration, and that's why all objects fall with the same acceleration.
How is motion of an object affected when force acts on it?
If a force is exerted on an object, it will accelerate in inverse proportion to its mass in the direction of the force. For example, if two objects of different mass are subjected to the same force, the less massive object will accelerate more.
If equal forces are applied to a light and a heavy object which one will accelerate more?
the light one
What is the point at which all the weight of an object seems to act?
An objects weight is evenly distributed around its center of gravity or center of mass. Imagine you attach a string to some random point on an object and then let the object hang while holding onto the string. It happens that the center of gravity of the object will always be directly below the point where the string is attached to the object. In fact, this is a good method by which to manually determine the center of gravity of an object. Another way to think about it is this. If you were to apply a force to an object at some random point, in general, not only would the force cause the object to accelerate but the force would also tend to cause the object to rotate. However if you apply the force at the object's center of mass, the object would not tend to rotate in any way, it would only accelerate in the direction of the force. For more information go to the Wikipedia article about > center of mass <
How does the mass of an object accelerate during free fall?
When an object is falling in a gravity field, its mass does not affect its acceleration. If under the influence of friction then it takes more energy to accelerate it the larger mass it has, here on Earth. The larger the mass the more potential it has to do work if it is above the surface of the earth than a smaller mass. But in turn, to get it to the higher point more work must be done for a larger mass than a smaller mass.
