Is it true that if an apple and a feather fall from a building reach the ground at the time?

Answer 1

Yes, it is true. But only if there is absolutely no air involved. Air will slow down the objects, oftentimes the lighter one more than the heavier one. On earth, the apple will hit the ground first because it can push the air out of the way, the feather, however, will sway in the air, falling more slowly because it can't push the air away as easily. In outer space or on the moon, where there is no air, they will fall at the same speed.

Answer 2

On Earth, NO. On the Moon , YES. Earth has an Atmosphere which contains gases that form a resistance. In the case of the feather the resistance is distributed over the full length and area of the feather. As for the apple it is more aerodynamic in that it has little resistance. On the Moon that has no atmosphere and no resistance to either the feather or the apple gravity prevails.
The answer to you question is NO since there are no buildings on the moon.

Answer 3

yes, it is true that if an apple and a feather fall from a building will reach the ground at the time, and if there is any difference then it will be because of air resistance.

Answer 4

The force of gravitational pull from the earth puts the same amount of force on all objects that rest on the earth. That means that all objects will fall at acceleration rate of 9.8 meters per second. It's because of this that if an apple a brick and even a feather were dropped from the same height and were not acted upon by any other force (i.e wind resistance, air currents) they fall at the same rate and would hit the ground at the same time.

Answer 5

All products have similar accelerations performing on them from gravity. That being stated, some products are dwarfed by technique of the air resistance pushing decrease back. A feather case in point received't fall on an identical cost as a stone because it floats decrease from side to side in the air. a more desirable sensible social gathering is a stone and a pencil. The stone might want to weigh one thousand kg although the pencil will nevertheless hit the floor at the same time. products like feathers, paper, flower petals etc. fall slower because of their tremendous area in which the air resistance acts on.

Answer 6

Not if there is air around. On the moon, or inside a complete vacuum chamber, then yes they woiuld fall at the same rate. Air can make things fall slowly in the same way water does, if they are very light (like a feather or paper).

Answer 7

Only if they're falling in a vacuum, otherwise air resistance will slow the descent of the feather more then it would the apple.

Answer 8

No...not an apple, but an orange and a feather would reach at the same time.

Answer 9

No, air resistance will slow the feather. Newton proved that objects of different weights fall at the same speed but they do need to have similar aerodynamics.

Answer 10

in a vaccuum, yes they would, however in the real world wind resistance would slow down the feather.

The theory is that all objects fall at the same speed regardless of weight. Therefore if you had a normal tennis ball and a tennis ball with weights inside it, they would fall at the same speed, because they are the same shape, even though they are different weights.

In a vaccuum all objects fall at the same speed