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The ball presents less Surface Area to the air than a flat sheet. So, there is less air resistance when a thin piece of paper is crumpled into a ball.
This is because the flat piece of paper has a greater surface area, thus creating more friction between the air and itself, (this is also known as air resistance). The crumpled ball however, has a smaller surface area, creating less air resistance. The shape is different, meaning that the amount of force it gets is also different.
False, the gravity on the sheet of paper is the same regardless of its shape. However the crumpled sheet has less air resistance than the flat sheet allowing it to fall faster.
Since their is more room for the air to "grab onto" the paper, it has more air resistance then a crumpled up paper. Hoped this helped!! :D
Crumpled.
Because a flat piece of paper has a larger surface area and therefore more wind resistance. But in a crumbled piece of paper the wind resistance is less.
The ball presents less Surface Area to the air than a flat sheet. So, there is less air resistance when a thin piece of paper is crumpled into a ball.
Less air resistance.
This is because the flat piece of paper has a greater surface area, thus creating more friction between the air and itself, (this is also known as air resistance). The crumpled ball however, has a smaller surface area, creating less air resistance. The shape is different, meaning that the amount of force it gets is also different.
False, the gravity on the sheet of paper is the same regardless of its shape. However the crumpled sheet has less air resistance than the flat sheet allowing it to fall faster.
Since their is more room for the air to "grab onto" the paper, it has more air resistance then a crumpled up paper. Hoped this helped!! :D
Because there is less surface area on the crumbled piece of paper, there is less area upon which the force of friction (air resistance) may act. There is more surface area on the normal piece of paper, which allows friction to act over a greater area on the paper. More air resistance causes the flat piece to fall slower.
Crumpled.
Assuming that both pieces of paper weigh the same, a crumpled piece falls faster in the presence of an atmosphere. In a vacuum, they would fall at the same speed due to the lack of wind resistence.
A flat piece of paper has a larger surface area, creating friction with the air, or more air resistance. There is more air surrounding the piece of paper, and this slows it down. A crumpled piece of paper has less surface area to create friction, meaning less air resistance. This causes it to fall faster.
The flat paper has more surface area, allowing it to catch more air and float. The crumpled paper on the other hand, does not, because it doesn't have as much surface area to spread the air out.
If the paper isn't crumpled, it's obviously flat making it lighter, but if it's crumpled, it has more mass/weight allowing it to drop faster. It falls slower b/c of air resistance, it still weighs the same amout but a flat peice of paper has air working against it. The mass/weight doesnt change. If you ball your hand up it still weighs the same as it did when it was straightened out its only changed in physical apperence.