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What kind of friction slows falling objects?
You're fishing for "air resistance" but your description isn't correct. Air resistance doesn't "slow" a falling object. Once the object has built up to some particular speed of fall, air resistance prevents it from falling any faster.
How are height distance and speed related?
Now, this is in very....basic. It also may not be 100% correct. The higher up you are, the more distance you fall. The more distance you fall, the faster you go. You peak at a certain speed, and will continue falling at that speed once it is reached. The max speed differs in the amount of weight falling. (Proven by an Egg falling, or a Feather falling.)
What is gravity's effect on motion?
Gravity pulls objects together and towards the center of the earth. The force of gravity depends on the mass of the objects and the distance between them. Gravity will speed up objects falling towards the earth and slow down rising objects.
Does heavier object fall faster?
No. All objects fall at the same speed (unless they are very wide, like a piece of paper, and then they may be help up by the air).
What does free fall mean in Newtonian physics?
Free fall in Newtonian physics is when a body has reached terminal velocity and so cannot speed up any more. It is therefore just falling at a set pace and will not reduce or increase that speed.
What kind of friction slows falling objects?
You're fishing for "air resistance" but your description isn't correct. Air resistance doesn't "slow" a falling object. Once the object has built up to some particular speed of fall, air resistance prevents it from falling any faster.
How are height distance and speed related?
Now, this is in very....basic. It also may not be 100% correct. The higher up you are, the more distance you fall. The more distance you fall, the faster you go. You peak at a certain speed, and will continue falling at that speed once it is reached. The max speed differs in the amount of weight falling. (Proven by an Egg falling, or a Feather falling.)
What Italian scientist came up with the theory that objects fall the same speed?
Galileo Galilei did.
What is gravity's effect on motion?
Gravity pulls objects together and towards the center of the earth. The force of gravity depends on the mass of the objects and the distance between them. Gravity will speed up objects falling towards the earth and slow down rising objects.
Does heavier object fall faster?
No. All objects fall at the same speed (unless they are very wide, like a piece of paper, and then they may be help up by the air).
What does free fall mean in Newtonian physics?
Free fall in Newtonian physics is when a body has reached terminal velocity and so cannot speed up any more. It is therefore just falling at a set pace and will not reduce or increase that speed.
Can planets fall?
Yes. In our solar system the planets orbit the sun. The process of orbiting is a process of falling towards the sun, but their sideways speed is such that they continually miss (and thus end up going round) the Sun.So, yes planets can and do fall but they do not fall intothe sun. Thus from our viewpoint they do not appear to be falling.
Does friction slow down a falling object?
Friction in the form of air resistance will slow down a falling object. This is whyif you drop a feather and a bowling ball at the same time from the same height,the bowling ball will beat the feather, but if the same experiment is performed ina vacuum, which ideally contains no air, they will reach the ground at the sametime. In a vacuum, all objects fall at the same velocity, but when air resistanceis applied, objects fall at different speeds. The larger and lighter an object is,the greater its coefficient of drag, and of course the greater the coefficient ofdrag, the greater the drag force reacting against the object to make it fall moreslowly.==========================Answer #2: (a refinement)Air resistance doesn't "slow" a falling object. Once the object hasbuilt up to some particular speed of fall, air resistance prevents itfrom falling any faster.
What force causes falling things to Speed up?
Gravity
What is the kind of friction that slowxs a falling object?
You're fishing for "air resistance" but your description isn't correct. Air resistance doesn't "slow" a falling object. Once the object has built up to some particular speed of fall, air resistance prevents it from falling any faster.
The point at which an object is falling at the fastest it can go is called its velocity?
The velocity of a dropped and falling object goes on increasing due to acceleration due to gravity. It is given as v = gt So as t increases then velocity v also increases. Value of g is 9.8 m/s2
How do you speed up the rate at witch you fall when you are skydiving?
To increase the speed at which you fall during a skydiving, you should arch your body. This imitates the position of Steve Urkel, with his hips farther forward than the rest of his body. To arch and increase the rate at which you are falling, push your hips farther forward into your arch.
