Gravity Drop Test Experiments
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Gravity Drop Test Experiments
What makes things fall?
Use what you know about forces to answer these questions.
- A force that pulls objects towards Earth
- A force that makes objects float upwards
- A force that only works on heavy objects
Compare the drop tests
The hikers dropped each object from the same height, one at a time, in calm air. They repeated each test three times and recorded the average time. The tests were done safely close to the ground.
Object
Average time to reach the ground
Flat paper sheet
1.8 seconds
Crumpled paper ball
0.9 seconds
Small pebble
0.9 seconds
- The flat sheet has more air pushing against it as it falls
- Gravity does not pull on flat paper
- The flat sheet is moving towards the sky
Gravity beyond Earth
Gravity acts on objects on the Moon too, but it is weaker there than on Earth.
- More strongly
- Less strongly
- Gravity would not act at all
4 printable pages
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