Physical Science

Quarter 2 – Module 5
How Galileo Inferred that
Objects in Vacuum Fall in
Uniform Acceleration
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Quarter 2 – Module 5
How Galileo Inferred that
Objects in Vacuum fall with
Uniform Acceleration
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After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. describe the views of motion of Aristotle and Galileo;
2. explain how Galileo inferred that object in vacuum fall with uniform
acceleration;
3. compare and contrast the view of motion of Aristotle and Galileo.

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 What I Know

Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet
of paper.

1. Who proved that all falling objects fall with uniform acceleration?

a. Newton
b. Aristotle
c. Galileo
d. Plato

2. It causes the object in vacuum fall at the same time

a. due to air resistance

b. due to no air resistance
c. due to air in space
d. due to mass of object

3. He proved that heavier object falls faster than lighter object.

a. Newton
b. Aristotle
c. Galileo
d. Plato

4. He is well known in his experimentation of dropping a cannon ball in the

Leaning Pisa Tower

a. Newton
b. Aristotle
c. Galileo
d. Plato

5. According to Aristotle, which falls, faster heavier or lighter object ?

a. heavier object
b. lighter object
c. fall at the same time
d. no data at all

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6. What is the focus of Aristotle and Galileo's ideas ? .

a. views
b. motion
c. history
d. knowledge

7. He is the father of modern science and a mathematician.

a. Newton
b. Aristotle
c. Galileo
d. Plato

8. It is defined as the ability of an object to change its position with a given

time.

a. inertia
b. reference
c. free-fall
d. motion

9. In measuring the motion, it is always observed.

a. Point of ideas
b. point of view
c. point of reference
d. point of end

10. It refers to the change in velocity with time.

a. free- fall
b. speed
c. acceleration
d. momentum

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11. A rolling ball was found to pick up a speed of 2m/s every second .What will
be its speed after 5 s if it is started with 0m/s at 0s?

a. 25m/s
b. 8m/s
c. 10m/s
d. 15m/s

12. What is the symbol applied for free- fall acceleration?

a. k
b. m
c. s
d. g

13. These are the ideas of Galileo about motion. Select all that apply.

a. objects in vacuum fall in uniform acceleration

b. force is not required for violent motion
c. heavier object falls faster than lighter object
d. heavier and lighter objects fall at the same time provided that there is
no air resistance.

14. What is Galileo's concept of falling objects in his experimentation?

a. object falling with changing acceleration

b. object falling with changing direction
c. object falling with uniform acceleration
d. object falling with changing speed

15. Three objects X, Y, and Z, with masses of 6 kg, 8 kg, and 16 kg respectively,
were dropped simultaneously .Provided that there is no air resistance which
object will first reach the ground?

a. object X
b. object Y
c. object Z
d. object X,Y, and Z will fall at the same time

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Lesson How Galileo Inferred that
1 Objects in Vacuum fall with
Uniform Acceleration
Motion is defined as the ability of an object to change its position with
respect to its surroundings in given time. Motion is always observed and measured
with a point of reference. All living things show motion whereas non-living things
show motion only when force acts on it.
These are the terms associated with motion. First, Free fall, which is an
example of motion with uniform acceleration. Second is acceleration which means
the change in velocity with a given time. Third is speed which is the distance
travelled of an object in a specific amount of time.

What’s In

To get started, you have to choose the terms related to motion from the
WORD POOL below. List down these words on the table and write what you
know about each of them.

Object vacuum free fall acceleration bodies energy role

Infer gravity air resistance speed velocity view ideas

Term What I Know About It?

Notes to the Teacher

Ask learners to name different types of motion and write them on
the board.

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 What’s New

Activity 1.1
The pictures below show a pig and a mouse were dropped from the same point in
the sky, at the same time, which one would reach the ground first without air
resistance?

Guide Questions:
1. Which falls first, the heavier or lighter object? Defend your answer.
2. What is the role of air resistance here?
3. What is the impact of this activity to you?

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 What is It

I. Aristotle's View of Motion

 Aristotle was an Ancient Greek philosopher who thought that heavier
objects fall faster than lighter ones.

 Force would be needed to have a constant velocity according to Aristotle.

Force is required for violent but not natural motion.

II. Galileo's View of Motion

 Italian Mathematician .Father of modern Science

 Discredited Aristotelian view of motion

 Object in vacuum will fall at the same time because in a vacuum there is
nothing. Since there is no air or anything in space, objects that are heavy or
light, will fall at the same time.

 Force is not necessarily required for violent motion.

Force is not required for object moving at constant velocity.

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 Galileo's Experimentation to prove his
Ideas about motion

 Experiment I
 Galileo dropped two different weights of cannon ball to the Leaning
Tower of Pisa and they fell at the same time but could not measure the
distance travelled therefore he proceeded to another experimentation.

 Experiment II

 Galileo used the inclined ramp in order to measure the acceleration of

an object. He used a rolling ball to measure the changes. He
measured that objects accelerates at the same time regardless of their
size and mass.

 Speed is the distance traveled by an object divided by the time taken

to travel the distance

 A ball rolling down an inclined plane increases its speed by the same
value after every second

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 T-1
X-1
T-2
X-3

T -3
X -5

T-4
X-7
T Time
X Distance

 The speed of a rolling ball was found to increase by 2 m/s every

second. This means that the rolling ball would have the following
speeds for every given second.

TIME SPEED m/s

0 0

1 2

2 4

3 6

4 8

5 10

 Free Fall and Gravity

 Freely falling bodies undergo constant acceleration in which it is referred to

as free fall. The free fall acceleration represent a symbol g which means
gravity.
 At the surface of the earth, gravity (g) is approximately 9.8 m/s2.
 Gravity leads the object to accelerate in a constant rate.

 Horizontal Motion
 View of Aristotle

 Natural state of object at rest

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 View of Galileo

 Imagined motion will continue without friction

Horizontal versus Vertical Motion

Horizontal : constant in value which represent by x axis

 rolling balls
 inertia
 leaning tower of Pisa

Vertical: changing value which represent by y axis

 free fall
 Aristotle versus Galileo

What’s More

Activity 1.2 Table Summary

Summarize your understanding about the different terms/names given on the
table.Use a separate sheet of paper for your answer.

Terms Description

Motion

Aristotle

Galileo

Air resistance

Acceleration

Free-fall

Speed

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 What I Have Learned

Activity 1.3 Construct a Venn Diagram

Point out the similarities and differences between Aristotle's view of motion and
Galileo's view of motion by using a Venn diagram on a separate sheet of paper.

Aristotle's Galileo's views

views of of motion
motion

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 What I Can Do

Activity 1.4 Create a Rap song

Now that you have the knowledge about the views of motion of Aristotle and
Galileo, create a rap song based on that.

Activity 1.5 Try it

This activity depends on the availability of materials at home. Get a
basketball ball and ping pong ball. Hold the balls on your hand, at the
height level of your shoulder, then simultaneously drop the ball. Observe
what happens.

Guide Questions:
1. Which ball reached the ground first? Defend your answer.
2. What can you say about Galileo's view of motion?
3. What is the impact of this activity to you?

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 Assessment

Modified True or False. Read each statement carefully. Write True if the
statement is correct. If it is not, provide the right term that made the statement
false. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
_____1. All living things show motion whereas non- living things show motion only
when force acts on them.

_____2.Galileo inferred that objects in vacuum fall with constant acceleration.

_____3. Aristotle had the idea that heavier object fall faster than lighter objects.

_____4. In Galileo's experimentation using two different weights of ball dropping

in the leaning Pisa tower, he proves that heavier and lighter object fall at the
same time provided that there is no air resistance. He also measures the
acceleration.

_____5. Freely falling bodies undergo constant acceleration.

_____6. Motion is constantly changing.

_____7. Galileo used an inclined ramp in order to measure acceleration.

_____8. When the object, is changing position with respect to its surrounding with a
given time it is called motion.

_____9. In measuring motion, point of reference is considered.

_____10. According to Aristotle, free- fall undergoes constant acceleration.

_____11. The gravity of earth surface is 9.8m/s².

_____12. A ball rolling down in an inclined plane increases its speed by different
value after every second.

_____13. Aristotle believed that objects fall at a speed which is proportional to their
weight.

_____14. The role of air resistance in falling heavier and lighter objects is to slow
down the lighter one.

_____15. Rolling ball is an example of vertical motion.

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 Additional Activities

Activity 1.6
As a 21ST century learner, what would be the impact to you of this learning?
On a separate sheet of paper, create a checklist of things that would be
beneficial to you from this learning.

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What I Know What’s In What’s New
1. C 1. speed 1. heavier and lighter
2. B 2. velocity objects fall at the same
3. B 3. acceleration time provided there is
4. C 4. free fall no air resistance
5. B 5. air resistance
6. B 2. air resistance makes
7. C the lighter objects fall
8. D delayed
9. C
10. C 3. answers may vary
11. C
12. D
13. A B D
14. C
15. D
What's More What I Have Learned What I Can Do
Answers may vary. Aristotle's view of Answers may vary.
motion heavier object 1. heavier and lighter balls fall
objects falls faster than at the same time provided there
the lighter ones is no air resistance
Galileo's view of motion 2. Answers may vary.
heavier and lighter 3. Answers may vary.
object fall at the same
time
Aristotle and Galileo's
recognized force in their
view of motion
Assessment Additional Activities
1. True Answers may vary.
2. True
3. True
4. cannot measure the acceleration
5. True
6. True
7. True
8. True
9. True
10. Galileo
11. True
12. same
13. True
14. True
15. horizontal
Answer Key
Rubrics for grading Activity 1.4

5 4 3 2

Content Content was Content was Content was Not enough

always accurate essentially mostly unclear information was
to lesson learned. accurate to the about the lesson presented about
lesson learned. learned. the lesson
learned.

Mood Rap song was Rap song had Rap song had a Rap song had no
with emotion and great emotion and little bit of emotion and
feeling had energy. emotion but not energy.
wonderful energy enough.
and verse put
together.

Vocabulary Vocabulary was Vocabulary was Vocabulary was There was no

accurately used mostly used not used correctly vocabulary used.
There are 5 or correctly or there or there are 1-2
more words. are only 3-4 words used.
words used.

Lyrics Rap song lyrics Rap song lyrics Rap song lyrics Rap song lyrics
are outstanding are good are somewhat are incoherent
coherent

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References
Commission on Higher Education. Teaching Guide for Senior High School: Physical
Science. Book.https://drive.google.com/file/d/AhXWA6YKHA4tBOUQ2/view.
www.pbslearning media.org

Warlito Zamora Canoy Thursday December 12, 2019 Universal Law in Physics
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