What factors affect the motion of a falling object?
The ball will take longer to reach the ground, if it is dropped from a greater height, simply because it has a larger distance to travel. The amount of air resistance is determined by the overall surface area of the ball and parachute, and this does not change. Assuming that the parachute deploys as soon as you release it, then it will reach terminal velocity almost instantly, and continue to fall at a constant speed. To examine the effect of air resistance, you should try parachutes of different surface areas, and compare the fall times. You should use different weights with the same parachute, and compare the results. Try different shapes with the same parachute and compare fall times eg try a cone shape, a cube, a cylinder and so on. Try examining fall times in something other than air, say water, vegetable oil or clear honey, and again, try different shapes and masses.
When an object is falling, its motion is affected more by air resistance when:?
Check all that apply. A.the object's mass is large. B.the object's mass is small. C.the object's shape is large and flat. D.the object's shape is small and compact.
What factors affect the motion of an object?
The forces on the object and the mass of the object. Nothing else. However the forces can be quite complicated as things like air resistance can depend on the speed of the object and the shape of the object.. And frictional forces can depend on the surface the object is pressing against... so many factors but summarised in the equation F = m . a
What factors affect the rate of falling objects?
the main one is the pull of gravity on the object, so being on erth the rate of fall would be different while compared to the same object on moon or mars, the mass of the object also mattIf no air resistance is present, the rate of descent depends only on how far the object has fallen, no matter how heavy the object is. This means that two objects will reach the ground at the same time if they are dropped simultaneously from the same height. This statement follows from the law of conservation of energy and has been demonstrated experimentally by dropping a feather and a lead ball in an airless tube. When air resistance plays a role, the shape of the object becomes important. In air, a feather and a ball do not fall at the same rate. In the case of a pen and a bowling ball air resistance is small compared to the force a gravity that pulls them to the ground. Therefore, if you drop a pen and a bowling ball you could probably not tell which of the two reached the ground first unless you dropped them from a very very high tower. ers, the shape of the object also matters.....
What other factors affect an objects free-fall acceleration?
From a Classical Mechanics view, "Air friction" From a Modern Physics view, even light is involved and of course, you must consider, magnetic and electric interactions from different sources but all these are extremely weak as to be noticed by actual means.
What factors affect an object's free fall acceleration in the air besides the object's shape?
thanks for the answers :) the reason im asking this is because i have a project to for an egg drop. one question is: how does the shape of an object affect it's acceleration due to gravity in the air? I know the answer to this is wind resistance but the next question is: what other factors affact an object's free-fall acceleration? im only in gr 11physics so i dont think she means falling in a vacuum when she says free-fall and the factors are going to be things that affect an egg drop