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The mass is irrelevant, the only factor that effects how fast anything falls on earth is air resistance. The feathers obviously have more air resistance than the rocks and so the rocks will fall faster. If this was done in a vacuum however one gram of feathers would fall at the same rate as a tone of rocks.

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Why does a rock fall faster to the ground than a feather?

A rock falls faster than a feather due to differences in their mass and air resistance. Air resistance affects the feather more than the rock due to its larger surface area and lighter mass, causing the feather to fall more slowly.


Which would fall first a rock or a piece of paper?

A rock would fall first due to its higher mass and weight compared to a piece of paper. The rock is more affected by gravity and will experience a stronger downward force than the paper.


Why do feather and rock hit the ground at the same time in vacuum?

In a vacuum, there is no air resistance to slow down the falling objects. Both the feather and the rock will fall with the same acceleration due to gravity, and thus hit the ground at the same time. This is because gravity affects all objects in the same way regardless of their mass.


Why will a rock and feather land on the ground at the same time?

They won't. Two nearly identical objects (equal-sized cubes for example) will land at the same time as long as they are heavy enough to overcome wind resistance. If you have a ten-pound ball and a twenty-pound ball, they will hit the ground at the same time. However, if you had a ball weighing less than an ounce and one weighing a pound, of course they will not hit the ground at the same time: the ball weighing less than an ounce wouldn't fall - it would be affected enough by wind resistance to slow down. If there was no air, the feather and the rock will hit the ground at the same time. Factoid.


Suppose a rock in free fall is dropped off a cliff after falling 5 seconds it speed will be 100?

The speed of the rock after 5 seconds of free fall would not be 100. The speed of an object in free fall increases by 9.8 m/s every second. After 5 seconds, the speed of the rock would be 49 m/s (approximately), assuming no air resistance.

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Why does a rock fall faster to the ground than a feather?

A rock falls faster than a feather due to differences in their mass and air resistance. Air resistance affects the feather more than the rock due to its larger surface area and lighter mass, causing the feather to fall more slowly.


Which would fall first a rock or a piece of paper?

A rock would fall first due to its higher mass and weight compared to a piece of paper. The rock is more affected by gravity and will experience a stronger downward force than the paper.


Would a heavier rock land faster than a smaller rock?

Nope. Galileo proved that the weight of an object has nothing to do with how fast it falls, particularly in a container with no air in it. In one of these airless containers, you would see that a nickel and a feather fall at exactly the same speed.


A feather and a rock dropped at the same time from the same height would land at the same time when dropped by?

They wouldn't land at the same time. the rock will land first and quickly because a rock have bigger mass than a feather. A feather is very light, if you ever tried to drop it from some height you could see that it takes very long time to land and it might go away to another place too.


Which force makes a feather fall to the ground more slowly than a stone?

The feather falls slower because it has air restistance. The air pushes up on it. The rock falls faster because it's mass and how it doesn't have air resistance. Also, because toilet seats produce a gas, reacting with the feathers on a feather, making the feather rise.


What rock's heart colour could be when we get the blue feather in harvest moon ds cute?

Rock's Heart colour need to be red before you give him the blue feather.


What is the effect of mass of freely falling body on the gravitational acceleration?

No effect whatsoever. Without air to interfere with the effects of gravity, a small feather and a large rock fall with the same acceleration.


If somebody threw a rock from the top of Mt Everest to the Marianas Trench how many feet would the rock fall?

:.)


Why do feather and rock hit the ground at the same time in vacuum?

In a vacuum, there is no air resistance to slow down the falling objects. Both the feather and the rock will fall with the same acceleration due to gravity, and thus hit the ground at the same time. This is because gravity affects all objects in the same way regardless of their mass.


What category of music does Ben Folds fall under?

I have personally dubbed it 'piano rock' but I would imagine it would fall under pop. Maybe alternative.


How do you marry Rock on Harvest Moon Another wonderful life?

I already married him its really easy to marry him all you do is at 0:00pm go in his room and give him gratin and flowers and some time in the fall he will exept the blue feather and in the spring you will have a kid and be married to rock.


What is hard as a rock but light as a feather?

Answer 1DiamondAnswer 2The weight of a diamond actually depends on its carat.Pumice is the answer.Pumice is a rock produced from volcanoes but is very light.