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    Gravity on Earth proved that objects fall to the ground at the same rate Acceleration caused to Gravity is the same for all object's near Earth's surface. Air resistance is a type of friction that opposes Gravity and pushes upwards. A falling object experience only Gravity and no other forces is said to be in free fall.

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    Gravity on Earth proved that objects fall to the ground at the same rate Acceleration caused to Gravity is the same for all object's near Earth's surface. Air resistance is a type of friction that opposes Gravity and pushes upwards. A falling object experience only Gravity and no other forces is said to be in free fall.

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    NOtes: Gravity & Motion

    Thinking About Gravity: Which lands first; a full water bottle or an empty one?

    GravityonEarth
    Galileoprovedthatobjectsfalltothegroundatthesamerate
    Why?AccelerationcausedtogravityisthesameforallobjectsnearEarthssurface.
    Accelerationduetogravity=
    o 1g
    o 9.8m/s2
    o 32ft/s2

    FallingObjectsonEarth
    Accelerationdependsonforce&mass(Newtons2ndLaw:F=ma)
    Becausetheelephanthasmoremass,gravityexertsmoreforceonit.
    Butgreatermassmeansmoreinertia,sothegreaterforcedoesnotproducealargeracceleration.

    AirResistance
    NotonEarth!Andthatsbecausefallingobjects
    encounteraforcecalledairresistance.
    Airresistanceisatypeoffrictionthatopposes
    gravityandpushesupwards

    TerminalVelocity
    Asthespeedofafallingobjectincreases,air
    resistanceincreases.
    Eventually,theupwardforceofairresistance
    equalsthedownwardforceofgravity.
    Thenetforcebecomes0N&theobjectstops
    accelerating.
    Theobjectfallsataconstantvelocitycalled
    terminalvelocity.

    FallingObjectsonEarth
    So,whydoesanelephantfallfasterthanafeather?
    TheelephantdoesnotreachterminalvelocityItacceleratesthewholetime
    Thefeatherquicklyreachesterminalvelocity.
    o Smallmass=smallgravity
    o Smallgravity=notmuchairresistanceneededtostopacceleration
    o Smallterminalvelocity=fallsslower

    FallingObjectsinaVacuum
    Avacuumispurespacenomatter,noair,nothing.
    Inavacuum,allobjectsreallydofallatthesameratebecausethereisnoair
    resistancetocreateterminalvelocities.
    Afallingobjectexperienceonlygravityandnootherforcesissaidtobein
    freefall.

    Thinking About Gravity: Which lands first; a dropped bullet or one shot out of a gun?

    FallingObjectsinaVacuum
    Evenprojectilesfallatthesamerateina
    vacuum
    Aprojectileisanobjectmoving
    horizontally&vertically
    Thetwomotionscombinetoformacurved
    path,orarc.
    Examples:bullets,jumping,thrown/kicked
    balls,arrows,leapingfrogs,vomit

    ThinkingAboutGravity:Whydoastronautsfloatinspace?
    ObjectsorbitingtheEarthareconstantlyinfreefall
    Doastronautsexperiencegravity?Ofcourse,otherwisetheywouldnotbein
    orbit.
    ButtheastronautsandtheshiparefallingaroundtheEarthatthesamerate.
    Theresultisamicrogravityenvironmentinwhichobjectsbehaveasifthere
    werenogravity.
    So,theyfloatasifweightlessbecausetheyareconstantlyinfreefall.

    SampleTestQuestion
    SampleTestQuestion
    Anastronautonthemoondropsahammeranda
    featheratthesametime.Whichlandsfirst?

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