Elephant and Feather

Presented By

I Gede Dana Santika

Elephant and feather

Hi class, how are you? Im your physics teacher today. Want to knowknows? Anybody my name? Nobody. My name is . Well, my name is Yach, call you need to guess Yach, I think me Mr. Wangdu it! PUNSHUK WANGDU

Elephant and Feather

Hi, My name is Ranchoo. Im an elephant. My weight is 2 tons. Glad to meet you. Hi, My name is Catur. Im a feather. My weight is 2 grams. Bad to meet you.

2 tons

No Air Resistance

2 grams

Very High Building The same high The same time

Who will hit the ground first? How can you explain me?

No Air Resistance
Take a look at the right animation!
Many people are surprised by the fact that in the absence of air resistance, the elephant and the feather strike the ground at the same time.

But, Why is this so?

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TRUE or FALSE
If you answered TRUE to any of the question, then perhaps you have The The elephant has more mass, yet both concepts or feather elephant and the feather each have the same force of words some level of confusion concerning either theelephant and the gravity. The elephant experiences a greater force of gravity, yet both the On same have the a feather) The elephantallexperience the mass than the feather, yet the have the The earth, clearlyand greatest mass thanof gravity. amount amount elephant has morethan the force,objects (whether an of feather, feather, have the weight, force elephant oryet they The elephant has thehas more acceleration, same mass.each of each Theelephant clearly more gravity, the yet the yet they elephant weighs the feather force mass, and samethe is thegravity. of gravity (force) same same. for each. gravity isweigh the for each. same same mass.

acceleration

Why is this so?

In the absent of air resistance, all object accelerates by the same value, g.

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In the absence of air resistance, both the elephant and the feather are in a state of freefall. That is to say, the only force acting upon the two objects is the force of gravity.
Now, Check this out!
Clearly,weight is a experiencedmass than theis dependent to Since elephant has more by an object feather. Due it The force thegravity measure of gravity's pull upon an object,with That is,of Earth is pulling downwards upon the elephant Mass the refers to the amount of matter in an object. wouldgreater upon the mass of that object. its also be mass, the elephant that experiences aweighs more appropriate to say also the elephant greater more force than it pulls downward upon the feather. forcethe gravity. than of feather.

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But if the elephant weighs more and experiences a greater downwards pull of gravity compared to the feather, why then does it hit the ground at the same time as the feather?

Great question!!

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A simple rule to bear in mind is that all objects (regardless of their mass) experience the same acceleration when in a state of

the only force is gravity, the acceleration is the same value for all objects. On Earth, this acceleration value is 9.8 m/s/s.
This is such an important value in physics that it is given a special name -

free fall. When

the acceleration of gravity

- and a special symbol - g

But what about air resistance? Isn't it nonrealistic to ignore the influence of air resistance upon the two object?

Air Resistance

In the presence of air resistance, the elephant is sure to fall faster.

Yeah, you are definitely right. Congratulation!

But Areis right? Is it this you sure? Why Really? so?

2 tons

Air Resistance

2 grams

Very High Building The same high The same time

Who will hit the ground first? How can you explain me?

Air Resistance
Take a look at the right animation!
Most people are not surprised by the fact that the elephant strikes the ground before the feather.

But why does the elephant fall faster?

Air Resistance

TRUE or FALSE
1. The elephant encounters a smaller force of air 1. Both elephant and feather have the same force of 1. resistance than the feather andthe elephant, and The feather weighs more than therefore falls faster. gravity, yet the feather experiences a greater air 2. The elephant has a accelerate as rapidly of the elephant. therefore will not greater acceleration as gravity than resistance. If you the feather and thereforethe questions, then perhaps you 2. answered TRUE to feather falls faster. Both elephant and any of weigh the same amount, yet 2. Each object experiences the same amount of air 3. Bothgreater mass of the elephant and feather have the same force of feather leads to of weight, have some confusion aboutthe experiences the greatest either the concepts a smaller resistance, yet the elephant gravity, yet the acceleration of gravity is greatest for acceleration. force of gravity. forcethe elephant. experiences less amount ofair and than air of gravity, acceleration of gravity, 3. The elephant air resistance 3. Each object experiences the same the feather and thus reaches a larger terminal velocity. resistance, yet the feather terminalthe greatest resistance and experiences velocity. 4. The feather experiences more air resistance than the force of gravity. elephant and thus reaches a smaller terminal velocity. 5. The elephant and the feather encounter the same amount of air resistance, yet the elephant has a greater terminal velocity.

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No worries, Ill find the clue.

Ill open all the books and memorize it.

But why then does the elephant, which encounters more air resistance than the feather, fall faster? After all, doesn't air resistance act to slow an object down? Wouldn't the object with greater air resistance fall slower?
Why is this so? Great Question!

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So in conclusion, the elephant falls faster than the feather because it never reaches a terminal velocity; it continues to accelerate as it falls (accumulating more and more air resistance), approaching a terminal velocity yet never reaching it. On the other hand, the feather quickly reaches a terminal velocity. Not requiring much air resistance before it ceases its acceleration, the feather obtains the state of terminal velocity in an early stage of its fall. The small terminal velocity of the feather means that the remainder of its fall will occur with a small terminal velocity.

Good Boy

I found it

My name is

Dana Santika

And youve already learned about the concept of

free fall
Galau

Thank you

very much