Veritasium
Season 2 Episode 18 - Misconceptions About Falling Objects
8.3 ?
2010
Documentary, Reality, Talk
If you drop a heavy object and a light object simultaneously, which one will reach the ground first? A lot of people will say the heavy object, but what about those who know both will land at the same time? What do they think? Some believe both objects have the same gravitational pull on them and/or both fall to the ground with the same constant speed. Neither of these things is true, however. The force is greater on the heavy object and both objects accelerate at the same rate as they approach the earth, i.e. they both speed up but at the same rate.
Episodes in Season 2
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Atomic Theory
2 min
2
Thomson's Plum Pudding Model of the Atom
2 min
3
Cathode Rays Lead to Thomson's Model of the Atom
3 min
4
Scientific Notation - Explained!
5 min
5
I'm Atoms (Scientific Cover of Jason Mraz's I'm Yours)
3 min
6
Scientific Notation - Example
1 min
7
The Difference Between Mass and Weight
3 min
8
Egg Experiment to Demonstrate Inertia
1 min
9
Gravity (Scientific Version of John Mayer's Gravity)
4 min
10
How Far Away is the Moon? (The Scale of the Universe)
2 min
11
What is a Force?
3 min
12
What Forces Are Acting On You?
2 min
13
Why Does the Moon Orbit Earth?
1 min
14
What Is Gravity?
2 min
15
Best Film on Newton's Third Law. Ever.
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16
Calculating Gravitational Attraction
3 min
17
Which Hits The Ground First?
3 min
18
Misconceptions About Falling Objects
3 min
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22
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23
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24
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25
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