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Why will a sheet of paper fall more slowly than when wadded into a ball?
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When dropped from the same height why does a flat sheet of paper fall slowly than the same sheet when it is tightly crumpled into a ball?
Because when the sheet of paper is flat, it acts like a parachute, and collects much more air resistance. The balled-up piece of paper has much less surface area, so can collect much less air resistance, making it fall faster.
What shape cannot be made by folding one sheet of paper?
a cicrle can not be made by foling one sheet of paper . u would have to ball the paper up to get a cicrle
Why does a sheet of paper fall slower than one that is crumpled into a ball?
The crumpled paper has less air resistance.
If you drop a pape and a bouncy ball which will fall first?
the sheet of paper,because it has more surface area
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.
When dropped from the same height why does a flat sheet of paper fall slowly than the same sheet when it is tightly crumpled into a ball?
Because when the sheet of paper is flat, it acts like a parachute, and collects much more air resistance. The balled-up piece of paper has much less surface area, so can collect much less air resistance, making it fall faster.
What shape cannot be made by folding one sheet of paper?
a cicrle can not be made by foling one sheet of paper . u would have to ball the paper up to get a cicrle
A sheet of paper is torn in half Another sheet is burned A third sheet of paper is crumpled into a ball What kind of change has each sheet of paper undergone?
The torn sheet has undergone a physical change, the burned sheet has undergone a chemical change, and the crumpled sheet has undergone a physical change.
A student has two identical sheets of paper He crumples one up into a small ball If he drops the sheet of paper and the ball of paper off a building at the same time which of the following statemen?
~CORRECT ANSWER~ its: The sheet of paper, because it has more surface area.
Why does a sheet of paper fall slower than one that is crumpled into a ball?
The crumpled paper has less air resistance.
What bait is best for catching catfish in the winter'?
Trout chow, moistened and wadded on the hook into a firm ball.
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.
If you drop a pape and a bouncy ball which will fall first?
the sheet of paper,because it has more surface area
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.
A student has two identical sheets of paper He crumples one into a small ball and drops the sheet of paper and the ball of paper off a building at the same time which will reach the ground first?
If we are talking in vaccum then both will have same acceleration.But if there is no vaccum then paper crumbled into a ball will have greater acceleration because air resistance will be less for it.
When dropped from the same height why does a flat sheet of paper fall more slowly than the same sheet when it is tightly crumpled into a ball?
A Crumpled sheet of paper falls faster than flat sheet because a flat sheet has a relatively greater exposed surface area and hence experiences more resistance from air or the medium in which it travels. Although an upward buoyant force acts on the flat sheet but it is negligible in magnitude and hence can be considered to be zero until and unless the calculations require a very high degree of accuracy such as experimenting with fundamentals of pure sciences. Patrick Stolz Physics Teachers Forum
Is a rolled-up ball of paper tavelling at 10 meters per second dangerous?
That is equivilent to dropping it from a height of 5 meters, about 16 feet, so I would say no but you don't specify the mass or weight of the ball of rolled up paper. A single sheet of paper, rolled up, no, several tons of paper wrapped into a tightly packed ball the size of a tank, yes.
