1-Patty climbs a tree. While sitting on a branch, she drops a leaf and an acorn at the same time. What would happen?
the leaf would take longer due to its air resistance
I think that both will hit the ground at the same time if she drop them from the same height.
I Think the both will drop at the same time if there fall the same height.
If Patty drops a leaf and an acorn from the same branch of the tree at the same time, they would both fall towards the ground.
This is because, on Earth, all objects near its surface are subject to the force of gravity. Gravity pulls objects downwards, causing them to fall towards the ground.
In this case, both the leaf and the acorn are being dropped from the same height, and there is no other force acting on them apart from gravity. Therefore, they would both experience the same acceleration due to gravity and fall at the same rate.
This phenomenon was famously demonstrated by Galileo through his experiments with falling objects during the Renaissance period. He observed that objects of different masses would fall towards the ground at the same rate, disregarding air resistance (which is usually minimal for small objects like leaves and acorns). This principle is known as the principle of free fall.