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Physical Science Module 5 Quarter 2

Galileo performed experiments to show that all objects fall at the same rate in a vacuum, contradicting Aristotle's view that heavier objects fall faster. Through dropping cannon balls of different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and timing balls rolling down an inclined plane, Galileo found that objects accelerate downward at the same rate of about 9.8 m/s^2 regardless of their mass. His experiments established that gravity causes all objects to undergo uniform free fall acceleration and disproved Aristotle's idea of heavier objects falling faster.

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Physical Science Module 5 Quarter 2

Galileo performed experiments to show that all objects fall at the same rate in a vacuum, contradicting Aristotle's view that heavier objects fall faster. Through dropping cannon balls of different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and timing balls rolling down an inclined plane, Galileo found that objects accelerate downward at the same rate of about 9.8 m/s^2 regardless of their mass. His experiments established that gravity causes all objects to undergo uniform free fall acceleration and disproved Aristotle's idea of heavier objects falling faster.

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  • Introduction to Motion
  • Aristotle's View of Motion
  • Galileo's View of Motion
  • Experiments by Galileo
  • Free Fall and Gravity
  • Horizontal Motion
  • Horizontal versus Vertical Motion
  • Conclusion

Module 5: How Galileo

Inferred that Objects in


Vacuum fall with Uniform
Acceleration

Group 1 Report November 29, 2022


Motion is defined as the ability of an object
to change its position with respect to its
surroundings in given time.
Terms associated with motion:
Free fall is an example of motion with
uniform acceleration.
Acceleration which means the change in
velocity with a given time.
Speed which is the distrance travelled of an
object in a specific ammount of time
Aristotle's View of Motion

heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones


force would be needed to have a constant
velocity
force is required for violent but not natural
motion
Galileo's View of Motion
object that are heavy or light will fall at the
same time in vacuum
force is not necessarily required for violent
motion
force is not required for object moving at
constant velocity
Experiment 1

Galileo dropped two different weights of


cannon ball to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and
they fell at the same time

but could not
measure the distance travelled therefore he
proceeded to another experimentation
Experiment 2
Galileo used the inclined ramp in order to measure the
acceleration of an object. He used a rolling ball to measure
the changes. He measured that objects accelerates at the

and mass.
same time regardless of their size
Speed is the distance traveled by an object divided by the time
taken to travel the distance
A ball rolling down an inclined plane increases its speed by the
same value after every second

The speed of the rolling ball was found to


increase by 2 m/s every second.
Free Fall and Gravity
Freely falling bodies undergo constant
acceleration in which it is referred to as free fall.
Represented by a symbol g which means gravity.

Gravity (g) is approximately 9.8 m/s2

Gravity leads the object to accelerate in a


constant rate
Horizontal Motion
View of Aristotle
Natural state of object at rest

View of Galileo
Imagined motion will continue without
friction
Horizontal versus Vertical Motion
Horizontal :constant in value which represent by x axis
rolling balls
inertia
leaning tower of Pisa

Vertical : changing value which represent by y axis


free fall
Aristotle versus Galileo
That's all for our presentation
thank you!

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