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A wad of paper is dropped from a second-story balcony and falls through still air to the ground.
• As it speeds up, what happens to the air resistance it encounters?
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If the object speeds up then I think it would be able to overcome more of the air resistance that it encounters.
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• What happens to the net force acting on it?
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If F= m*a then I think that the net force acting on the object will increase. I think this because if our acceleration is increasing and our mass remains the same that the force has ton increase as a result of an increase in acceleration.
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• What happens to its acceleration?
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I think that the greater the distance the object has to fall that the acceleration will continue to increase.
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• If it dropped from a much higher point, what would happen to the net force and the acceleration?
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If dropped from an even higher point then I think the acceleration and net force would still continue to increase.
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The velocity of the falling object increases. However the acceleration of gravity is constant at 9.8 m/s^2. That acceleration doesn't increase by virtue of increasing velocity. If gravity is the only force acting on the object, its acceleration remains constant.
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