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What would fall first a rock or a feather?
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.
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.
If every object has the same acceleration why does a leaf fall slower than a rock?
The difference in speed at which a leaf and a rock fall is due to differences in air resistance experienced by different objects. The shape and surface area of the objects affect the amount of air resistance they encounter. The rock, being denser and having a smaller surface area compared to a leaf, experiences less air resistance, causing it to fall faster than a leaf.
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.
Which has more kinetic energy a feather floating through the air or a rock on the ground?
A boulder.
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 would fall first a rock or a feather?
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.
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.
If every object has the same acceleration why does a leaf fall slower than a rock?
The difference in speed at which a leaf and a rock fall is due to differences in air resistance experienced by different objects. The shape and surface area of the objects affect the amount of air resistance they encounter. The rock, being denser and having a smaller surface area compared to a leaf, experiences less air resistance, causing it to fall faster than a leaf.
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.
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.
What are two options that precipitation will fall when it hits the ground?
flows through rock or soak into the ground
Which has more kinetic energy a feather floating through the air or a rock on the ground?
A boulder.
If you are standing on the moon and holding a rock and let it go what will happen to the rock?
The rock will fall to the ground because the moon has its own gravitational pull, albeit weaker than Earth's. Without any external force to keep the rock in place, it will drop towards the moon's surface.
What causes the soil and rock to fall?
When the ground thaws, the force of gravity causes the soil and rock particles to fall back down. But they fall vertically, toward the center of Earth. The result is movement downhill.
Do hevey objects fall faster than light objects?
Not in a vacuum. All objects, regardless or mass, density, or whatever, fall with the same speed in a vacuum. Some objects may appear to fall more slowly than others (example, a flat piece of paper or a feather vs. a rock), but this is usually due to air resistance. All objects, when falling on earth, accelerate towards the ground at a rate of 9.8 meters/seconds squared.
What happens if the moon doesn't effect the earth?
We would fall to the ground like a rock.
