Imagine you're playing with marbles in a jar. Some are small, some are big. When you shake the jar, the bigger marbles fall faster because they’re heavier and don’t get slowed down as much by the air around them. Raindrops are like those marbles, bigger raindrops fall faster than smaller ones because of gravity and how much air pushes against them.
Examples
- A big marble drops faster than a small one when you shake them in a jar.
- You can tell the difference between rain on a warm day and a cold day because air density changes how fast drops fall.
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See also
- How does an airplane fly, defying the force of gravity?
- How Do Tides Work in Space?
- How does gravity actually bend spacetime according to Einstein?
- How Does Gravity Shape the Formation of Stars?
- How does gravity actually work at a fundamental level?