Gravity and Acceleration
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Study of the relationship between gravity, distance and speed.
An examination of the principles behind how gravity affects falling objects. It is established that gravity makes objects accelerate as they fall - ie the further an object falls, the faster the speed it will have reached by the time that it lands.
From:
Science Clips Forces In Action
First Broadcast
:
26 March 2004
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 9-11
Subject : Science
Topic : Physical processes
Keywords : Forces and motion
Notes : Use to show how gravity affects falling objects, prior to an in- class investigation.
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