I think how fast the apples and cheese falls will depend whether these items are tied together or just dropped loosely and where these items are dropped, for example if you drop these items in space, they will all float 😉
How fast these items fall also depends on the size and types of apples and cheese, I think swiss cheese (which is full of holes) will fall much slower than a tonne of really big apples, but melted cheese might fall faster than apples 😉
The rate things fall depends mainly on: 1) their mass (how heavy they are) and 2) how dense they are (how compact they are) and 3) their surface area (the total areas of the surfaces of an object, for example, a piece of paper has a larger surface area than a pebble but might weigh less)
Whilst many attribute the discovery of gravity to Newton (1642-1727), The first experiments with gravity was performed by Galileo Galilei (1564—1642). Galileo, while perhaps best known for his observations with the telescope, Galileo determined that all objects will fall with the same acceleration, no matter what their mass. The motion of a falling body depends on two things: the way in which the body was released, and its initial velocity. Thus, heavy objects fall as fast as lighter objects.
In Galileo’s experiments, he rolled balls down a series of ramps that ended above the ground. He then measured the trajectory of the balls after they left the ramp, recording the height at which they were released at the top of the ramp, and the distance they traveled from the bottom of the ramp before hitting the ground.
Galileo also did experiments by dropping objects from a tower. He showed that if he dropped a heavy cannonball and a lighter ball at the same time, they hit the ground at the same time. These experiments showed that the acceleration of gravity is independent of the mass of an object.
Of course, if Galileo had chosen to drop two objects of different shape, such as a feather and a cannonball, they would not have reached the ground at the same time. Why? The answer is air resistance, or drag, which is proportional to the surface area of an object.
So as Cindy said, certain obejcts of the same mass are going to fall differently dependent on whether they are solid, large, small, or allow air to pass through them
I think how fast the apples and cheese falls will depend whether these items are tied together or just dropped loosely and where these items are dropped, for example if you drop these items in space, they will all float 😉
How fast these items fall also depends on the size and types of apples and cheese, I think swiss cheese (which is full of holes) will fall much slower than a tonne of really big apples, but melted cheese might fall faster than apples 😉
The rate things fall depends mainly on: 1) their mass (how heavy they are) and 2) how dense they are (how compact they are) and 3) their surface area (the total areas of the surfaces of an object, for example, a piece of paper has a larger surface area than a pebble but might weigh less)
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Whilst many attribute the discovery of gravity to Newton (1642-1727), The first experiments with gravity was performed by Galileo Galilei (1564—1642). Galileo, while perhaps best known for his observations with the telescope, Galileo determined that all objects will fall with the same acceleration, no matter what their mass. The motion of a falling body depends on two things: the way in which the body was released, and its initial velocity. Thus, heavy objects fall as fast as lighter objects.
In Galileo’s experiments, he rolled balls down a series of ramps that ended above the ground. He then measured the trajectory of the balls after they left the ramp, recording the height at which they were released at the top of the ramp, and the distance they traveled from the bottom of the ramp before hitting the ground.
Galileo also did experiments by dropping objects from a tower. He showed that if he dropped a heavy cannonball and a lighter ball at the same time, they hit the ground at the same time. These experiments showed that the acceleration of gravity is independent of the mass of an object.
Of course, if Galileo had chosen to drop two objects of different shape, such as a feather and a cannonball, they would not have reached the ground at the same time. Why? The answer is air resistance, or drag, which is proportional to the surface area of an object.
So as Cindy said, certain obejcts of the same mass are going to fall differently dependent on whether they are solid, large, small, or allow air to pass through them
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