AINEE JOY HINUGUIN – PHYS101L

In a Nutshell 4
Let’s try this critical thinking question based on what you’ve learned in this lesson.

Question:

If the value of g on the moon is one-sixth the value of g on earth, what is the speed of
an object on the moon falling freely at the end of the first second of fall?

 Because the object falling on the moon is already constant, it has the same
m m
speed at the end of the first and second falls, 1.6 2 . On Earth, the gravity is 9.8 2
s s
m
. If one-sixth of 9.8 2 is 1.6, then the object on the moon will have a harder time
s
failing due to its speed.