An astronaut drops two pieces of paper from the door of a lunar landing module. One piece of paper is crumpled, and the other piece is folded into an airplane. Why do the two pieces of paper land on the Moon's surface at the same time? (1 point)
The Moon has practically no atmosphere, so there is no air resistance.
The pieces of paper were not dropped from a sufficient height for air resistance to affect their falls.
The Moon's gravity is much weaker than Earth's
The mass of the paper folded into an airplane must be greater than the mass of the crumpled paper.
The correct answer is:
The Moon has practically no atmosphere, so there is no air resistance.
Since there is no air resistance on the Moon, the gravitational force acting on both pieces of paper will be the only force affecting their falls. This means that both pieces of paper will experience the same acceleration due to gravity and will therefore land on the Moon's surface at the same time, regardless of their shape or mass.