If you drop a rock and a feather, the rock hits the ground first.This demonstrates that:
A)The acceleration of gravity is not constant.
B)Heavier objects are accelerated faster by gravity than lighter objects are.
C)Air resistance has a larger effect on feathers than on rocks.
D)Rocks can't fly.
E)Gravity has little effect on a feather.

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Air resistance significantly affects the rate at which objects fall, with lighter objects like feathers experiencing more resistance than heavier objects like rocks. This difference in air resistance, not a difference in gravitational acceleration, explains why a rock and a feather dropped at the same time will not hit the ground simultaneously in a medium like air.

If You Drop a Rock and a Feather, the Rock