Transcript Law of Falling Bodies PowerPoint

LAW OF FALLING
BODIES
 1.
All
objects
accelerate
downward
at the
same rate:
2
 9.8m/s
2.
Galileo performed
an experiment to
prove that
All objects
Regardless of mass fall
at the same rate
3.
Air resistance (the
upward frictional force
of air) can affect the
rate of a falling object.
4.
Air eventually stops
falling objects from
accelerating.
5.
When the upward
force of air
Is equal to the
Downward force of
gravity, the object
stops accelerating.
 6.
The falling object has
a constant velocity,
terminal velocity
 (the highest velocity
reached by the falling
object).
7. The amount of air
resistance depends on:
Size
Shape
Speed
Density