Because here on Earth, in the 'laboratory' where you must make all of your observations,
everything you see falling must fall through air. The presence of air has a substantial
effect on what you observe.
If you could do the experiments without air, and have nothing but gravity affect your
falling objects, you would see a feather and a truck fall with the same acceleration,
reach the bottom at the same time, and hit the ground with the same speed.
Objects thrown in the air follow a parabolic path due to the combination of their initial horizontal velocity and the force of gravity acting on them. Gravity pulls the object downward while the initial velocity creates a horizontal motion, resulting in the arched trajectory.
All objects fall to Earth at the same velocity under gravity because they experience the same acceleration due to gravity, which is 9.8 m/s^2 near the Earth's surface. This means that regardless of their mass, they will accelerate towards the Earth at the same rate, resulting in the same final velocity when they hit the ground.
Objects will always be pulled to the center of the mass.
Yes, if two objects have the same mass and velocity, they will always have the same momentum. Momentum is calculated as the product of an object's mass and velocity, so if these values are the same for both objects, then their momentum will also be the same.
Yes, gravity still affects objects even when they are touching. The force of gravity depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between their centers of mass, not the surface contact between them.
Only until they hit the ground or the floor.
Yes, the acceleration due to gravity always points vertically downward, regardless of the direction of an object's velocity. This is because gravity is a force that attracts objects towards the center of the Earth.
Objects thrown in the air follow a parabolic path due to the combination of their initial horizontal velocity and the force of gravity acting on them. Gravity pulls the object downward while the initial velocity creates a horizontal motion, resulting in the arched trajectory.
because of the differences in air resistance.
All objects fall to Earth at the same velocity under gravity because they experience the same acceleration due to gravity, which is 9.8 m/s^2 near the Earth's surface. This means that regardless of their mass, they will accelerate towards the Earth at the same rate, resulting in the same final velocity when they hit the ground.
because of the differences in air resistance.
because of the differences in air resistance.
because of the differences in air resistance.
The velocity in the x direction would be constant because gravity only affects the vertical components of objects. The velocity in the y direction would increase due to the constant acceleration due to gravity. The acceleration due to gravity on Earth is always -9.81 m/s^2.
Objects will always be pulled to the center of the mass.
Gravity is strongest near very massive objects, such as planets and stars. The strength of gravity also depends on the distance between two objects; the closer they are, the stronger the gravitational force.
Gravity. The object starts at zero velocity, and gravity always pulls the same. Drag, however, increases when velocity increases. Terminal velocity is when gravity has accelerated the object to the speed where drag is the same as gravity.