Question

A hammer and a feather are dropped from the same height. Imagine that there is no resistance to the objects' motion in air. Which value will be different for the two objects?(1 point)
Responses

the upward push of air resistance
the upward push of air resistance

the velocity of the objects
the velocity of the objects

the time it takes for them to fall
the time it takes for them to fall

the gravitational attraction between the Earth and the objects

1 answer

In a vacuum, where there is no air resistance, all objects fall at the same rate regardless of their mass. Therefore, in such a scenario, the value that will be different for the two objects (the hammer and the feather) is:

the upward push of air resistance

In the absence of air, there is no upward push of air resistance acting on either object. However, if you were considering a scenario with air resistance, the feather would experience a greater effect from it compared to the hammer, which would lead to different values for the upward push of air resistance.

All other options (velocity, time to fall, and gravitational attraction) would be the same for both objects when dropped from the same height in a vacuum.