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It's light and thin and since it's flat the air current catches it and causes it to float. The reason it floats is because it's flat and wide, spreading out, and the air is able to hold it up. Now if you were to crumple it into a ball and drop it it would fall to the ground because there's not enough space and room to hold it. It's to heavy now and there is not enough room for the air current to hold it. That's why on a paper airplane it has flast wings; so that the air current can touch taht and keep it a float.
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Why does the crumpled paper fall faster the ground than the uncrumpled paper?
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.
Which has more air resistance the flat paper or the crampled paper?
Crumpled.
What force makes paper float when it is falling?
It is caused by the air pressure under the falling paper. It is referred to as the air resistance.
Does a flat piece of metal have air trapped within its sides?
if you place a flat piece of metal on water will it sink or float
Why a crumpled paper can throw further than a flat piece of paper?
Less air resistance.
Why would a flat sheet of paper and a wad of paperwith the same mass not fall through the air at the same rate?
The flat sheet of paper would encounter more air resistance than the wadded sheet of paper would.
Why does a crumpled piece of paper fall faster than a flat piece of paper?
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.
Why does a flat piece of paper fall slower than a crumbled piece of paper?
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.
Why does a crumbled piece of paper hit the ground before a flat piece of paper?
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.
Why do snowflakes float in the air and don't fall faster than raindrops?
Because raindrops are round - snowflakes are flat. Being flat, they offer resistance to the air they're floating in - and thus fall slower.
Why does newspaper float then sink?
Initially, the paper is full of tiny pockets of air. As this is released when the paper gets wet - it's replaced by water. The heavier paper then sinks.
What is a drywall float?
when you hang drywall, you have to tape off the seams with paper tape and "mud", then "float" the mud smooth. the drywall float is a flat metal tool on a handle that you drag across the mud to smooth it out, like when you smooth out the icing on a cake
