A hammer and a feather are dropped from the same height by an astronaut on a planet without air. How will their falls compare?(1 point) Responses The hammer will fall faster because gravity is pulling it down with a greater force than it is pulling the feather. The hammer will fall faster because gravity is pulling it down with a greater force than it is pulling the feather. The objects will fall at the same time because gravity will have the same affect on them. The objects will fall at the same time because gravity will have the same affect on them. The feather will fall faster because it has less mass, allowing it to speed up more easily than the hammer. The feather will fall faster because it has less mass, allowing it to speed up more easily than the hammer. The objects will fall at the same time because gravity is not acting on them, so they will be affected the same. The objects will fall at the same time because gravity is not acting on them, so they will be affected the same. Skip to navigation
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The correct response is: "The objects will fall at the same time because gravity will have the same effect on them."
In a vacuum (like the environment on a planet without air), all objects fall at the same rate regardless of their mass because the acceleration due to gravity is constant. Therefore, both the hammer and the feather will hit the ground at the same time if dropped from the same height.
