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Why does styrofoam fall slower than a rock

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Answer:

The foam board has a larger gravitational force but it also has a very large air resistance force. The net (total) force on the foam board will give it a smaller acceleration than paper.

Step-by-step explanation:

The air molecules get knocked away and take some of the kinetic energy away from the object, which makes the object slow down

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