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How could you carry out a demonstration on Earth of a feather falling at the same rate of a bowling ball?
To demonstrate a feather falling at the same rate as a bowling ball on Earth, you can create a vacuum chamber to remove air resistance. When both the feather and the bowling ball are dropped in the vacuum, they will fall at the same rate due to the absence of air drag affecting their descent, as demonstrated by Galileo's famous experiment on falling bodies.
Which is faster to reach ground feather or ball in free fall?
Both the feather and the ball will reach the ground at the same time in a vacuum due to the acceleration due to gravity being constant for all objects. However, in the presence of air resistance, the feather will take longer to reach the ground compared to the ball due to its larger surface area and lighter weight.
Does a bowling ball always fall faster than a feather because it weighs more?
No, a bowling ball does not always fall faster than a feather just because it weighs more. In a vacuum where there is no air resistance, both objects fall at the same rate due to gravity. In the presence of air resistance, the shape and size of the objects will affect how quickly they fall.
Is it true or false dropping a tennis ball bowling ball and a feather would hit the ground in the same time?
True, in a vacuum where there is no air resistance, a tennis ball, a bowling ball, and a feather would hit the ground at the same time when dropped from the same height. This is because all objects fall at the same rate regardless of their mass when only gravity acts upon them. However, in the presence of air, the feather would fall more slowly due to air resistance.
What has to happen for a feather and a ball to fall at the same rate?
For a feather and a ball to fall at the same rate in a vacuum, they need to experience the same gravitational force acting on them. This means there is no air resistance to slow down the feather, and they can both accelerate similarly due to gravity.
Will a feather and steel ball fall simultaneously in vacuum?
Yes, in a vacuum both a feather and a steel ball would fall simultaneously because there is no air resistance to impede their free fall. This means they would both fall at the same rate due to gravity, as described by Newton's laws of motion.
Which object would fall first on the moon a bowling ball a feather or a large empty box?
On the Moon, all objects fall at the same rate regardless of their mass due to the lack of air resistance. Therefore, a bowling ball, a feather, and a large empty box would all fall simultaneously when dropped from the same height. This phenomenon was famously demonstrated by astronaut David Scott during the Apollo 15 mission. In a vacuum, where there is no air, the feather and the bowling ball hit the surface at the same time.
Does the size of an object affect how long it takes to fall?
Nope! Galileo proved that when he dropped a bowling ball and a small ball at the same time and they both landed at the bottom at the same time, but when you're thinking about like a feather and a bowling ball, the feather has more air pockets for air to go through, so the feather falls slower.
Will a feather or a wooden ball or a steel ball will fall faster in vacuum?
In a vacuum, all objects would fall at the same rate regardless of their mass or composition, due to the absence of air resistance. This is described by the principle of universal gravitation, where the acceleration due to gravity is independent of an object's mass.
Why does a feather having a mass of 9 grams fall from a table to the floor slower than a 9 gram ping pong ball falling the same distance?
this is because of air resistance which increases with surface area of feather. however if there is no air resistance (only vacuum) both feather and ball will fall together.
What will drop first a big ball or a small ball?
Both will reach the ground at the same time if they were dropped at the same time in a vacuum. This is a well proven fact that the mass has no effect on the acceleration of an object in a free fall in a vacuum.
Why does a feather fall at the same rate as a ball when both are dropped from the same height and vacuum?
The feather and the ball both experience a gravitational force towards the centre of the earth which scales in proportion to their mass (the force is greater on the ball than on the feather).The force manifests itself as an acceleration which scales in inverse proportion to the mass (the same force would make the feather accelerate faster than the ball).So the proportionalities cancel:in tabular form-relative mass for same force for same gravitating bodyFeather : low : easy acceleration : low coupling to gravityBall : high : sluggish acceleration : higher coupling to gravityin algebraic form -acceleration = force/mass = (const. x mass) / massif the acceleration is the same, so will the kinematics and they will "fall at the same rate".Note that there are actually two kinds of mass in this - inertial (that resists acceleration) and gravitational (that couples to a gravitational field). The fact that these are the same is "deep" and leads to Einstein's Genral Theory of Relativity.
