Gravity Drop
Change gravity and drop height to see how long an object takes to fall.
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Change gravity and drop height to see how long an object takes to fall.
Open experiment →Explore how frequency and amplitude change a wave's shape.
Open experiment →See how potential energy changes as an object moves through a height.
Open experiment →Test your intuition with a short question about everyday physics.
Discover how gravity keeps planets and satellites moving along curved paths.
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In an ideal free fall, ignoring air resistance, all objects accelerate at the same rate near Earth's surface.
Illustration only. The calculation uses ideal free fall, not a full air-resistance simulation.
Calculated using t = √(2h/g).
Calculated using v = √(2gh).
Amplitude affects wave height. Frequency affects how many cycles fit into a given distance.
This is a visual model of a travelling wave, not a measurement of a specific physical wave.
Gravitational potential energy depends on mass, gravity and height: PE = mgh.
Using Earth's gravity at approximately 9.8 m/s².
Small ideas that can change how you see everyday life.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station experience apparent weightlessness because they and the station are continuously falling around Earth together.
Seat belts help protect passengers because moving bodies tend to keep moving unless a force changes their motion.
Sunlight takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to Earth.
In a vacuum, a heavy metal ball and a light feather are dropped from the same height. What happens?