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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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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoGalileo Galilei's 'thought experiment' proved that, in a vacuum, both would hit the ground at the same time. In actual fact, his 'real life' experiments were performed with differing weight spheres whose diameter was equal.
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∙ 11y agoFrom shoulder hight they will reach the ground at the same time. Air resistance has no time to work on the paper. If dropped from a great hight the pencil will hit the ground first as air has less affect on the pencil as it will on the paper.
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∙ 12y agoWell you never stated what else you are dropping. If you are dropping a Bowling ball and a feather. The bowling ball will drop first. But if you are in space where there is no vacuum, they will drop at exactly the same time if you hold them at the same spot and srop* them at the same time.*drop
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∙ 6y agoPenny will hit the ground if there is air resistance. But if there is no air resistance both will fall in the same time. But in space the feather and a penny both will not hit the ground as there is no gravitational force to pull them down. They both float in the space.
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∙ 11y agoYou should consider controlling your experiment regarding mass. For example an ostrich feather would almost certainly reach the ground before a small leaf.
But for equal mass objects, there will be more air resistance experienced by the feather, than the leaf. Thus the feather will take longer in its fall. And a seed parachute from a thistle may take even longer again.
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∙ 5y agoIf you drop a feather and you drop a brick, the brick will land first since the feather is slowed down by air resistance. If you did the same thing somewhere where there is no air, the feather and the rock would land at exactly the same time.
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∙ 15y agocannon ball-the one with the most weight
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they would accelerate AT THE SAME RATE
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What is the friction of air?
friction in air is called air resistance. When a feather falls through the air, it is slowed down by this air resistance. as gravity pulls the feather down to the earth, air resistance pushes it up. gravity almost always wins, however, when the feather gets enough acceleration to overcome air resistance. the mass of the object effects the amount of air resistance. a feather has low mass, therefore is slowed down by air resistance. A rock has much mass, therefore air resistance doesn't effect it as much. this is why a rock appears to fall "faster" than a feather. take the rock and feather on the moon (something the Apollo astronauts did) and they fall at the same rate.
What is the effect of mass of object to speed of falling object to the earth?
If air resistance can be neglected, there is no effect. If there is air resistance, the general tendency is for more massive objects to fall faster. In places like the moon, where there is no air, a feather and a rock fall together.
If every object has the same acceleration why does a leaf fall slower than a rock?
air resistance, on the moon they did an experiment where they dropped a hammer and a feather at the same height and time and they hit the ground at the same time
Which has more kinetic energy a feather floating through the air or a rock on the ground?
A boulder.
Why do feather and rock hit the ground at the same time in vacuum?
Basically, gravity accelerates both at the same rate.
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.
What is the friction of air?
friction in air is called air resistance. When a feather falls through the air, it is slowed down by this air resistance. as gravity pulls the feather down to the earth, air resistance pushes it up. gravity almost always wins, however, when the feather gets enough acceleration to overcome air resistance. the mass of the object effects the amount of air resistance. a feather has low mass, therefore is slowed down by air resistance. A rock has much mass, therefore air resistance doesn't effect it as much. this is why a rock appears to fall "faster" than a feather. take the rock and feather on the moon (something the Apollo astronauts did) and they fall at the same rate.
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.
What is the effect of mass of object to speed of falling object to the earth?
If air resistance can be neglected, there is no effect. If there is air resistance, the general tendency is for more massive objects to fall faster. In places like the moon, where there is no air, a feather and a rock fall together.
If somebody threw a rock from the top of Mt Everest to the Marianas Trench how many feet would the rock fall?
:.)
If every object has the same acceleration why does a leaf fall slower than a rock?
air resistance, on the moon they did an experiment where they dropped a hammer and a feather at the same height and time and they hit the ground at the same time
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 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.
What happens if the moon doesn't effect the earth?
We would fall to the ground like a rock.
