Why are astronauts weightless in the Space Station? You may find it helpful to watch the video "Newton's Laws of Motion." Why ar
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Answer:
B) Because the Space Station is constantly in free-fall around the Earth.
Explanation:
Anything that is falling experiences an upward force on them. For example when a person is going down in a lift they will experience something that is pushing them upwards. This happens due to the fact that the total acceleration the body is feeling is less than the acceleration due to graviity.
The force on a body which is falling is
Where,
m = Mass of object
g = acceleration due to gravity
a = acceleration the object is experiencing.
a = g. So, the force becomes zero and the object experiences weightlessness.
Hence, the astronauts in the space station experience weightlessness due to fact that the Space Station is constantly in free-fall around the Earth.
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In the given situation two forces are working. These are:
1) Electric force (acting in the downward direction) = qE
2) weight (acting in the downward direction) = mg
Therefore, work done by all the forces = change in kinetic energy
Hence,
It is known that the weight of electron is far less compared to electric force. Therefore, we can neglect the weight and the above equation will be as follows.
v =
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Since, the electron is travelling downwards it means that it looses the potential energy.