Veritasium - Season 2 Episode 17 Which Hits The Ground First?
A basketball and a 5kg medicine ball are dropped simultaneously. Which one hits the ground first? It seems obvious that the heavy one should accelerate at a greater rate and therefore land first because the force pulling it down is greater. But this is forgetting inertia - the tendency of mass to resist changes in motion. Therefore, although the force on the medicine ball is greater, it takes this larger force to accelerate the ball at the same rate as the basketball.
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary, Reality, Talk
Country: Australia, Canada, Norway, United States of America
Studio: YouTube
Director: Derek Muller
Cast: Derek Muller
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First Air Date: Aug 15, 2010
Last Air date: Sep 30, 2024
Season: 15 Season
Episode: 45 Episode
Runtime: 15 minutes
IMDb: 8.50/10 by 4.00 users
Popularity: 14.895
Language: English
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Episode
Atomic Theory
Thomson's Plum Pudding Model of the Atom
Cathode Rays Lead to Thomson's Model of the Atom
Scientific Notation - Explained!
I'm Atoms (Scientific Cover of Jason Mraz's I'm Yours)
Scientific Notation - Example
The Difference Between Mass and Weight
Egg Experiment to Demonstrate Inertia
Gravity (Scientific Version of John Mayer's Gravity)
How Far Away is the Moon? (The Scale of the Universe)
What is a Force?
What Forces Are Acting On You?
Why Does the Moon Orbit Earth?
What Is Gravity?
Best Film on Newton's Third Law. Ever.
Calculating Gravitational Attraction
Which Hits The Ground First?
Misconceptions About Falling Objects
Is There Gravity In Space?
Three Incorrect Laws of Motion
Experiments A Cappella
Khan Academy and the Effectiveness of Science Videos
What Are Atoms and Isotopes?
Supercooled Water - Explained!
How Damaging is Radiation?