Moon....

[asterroc]

My students this semester found this question more challenging than they usually do. It's small number statistics and all, but I'm curious what y'all think. Please answer before viewing other people's answers, and if you care to explain your reasoning in the comments, I'd love to see.

[Poll #1918673]

Comments

[meig.livejournal.com]

There is gravity on the moon, but less than on the Earth, so the pencil will be pulled toward the ground. I think it will fall more slowly, but due to the fact that there is no atmosphere to slow it down, it may actually fall more quickly. But I think that since there is also pull from the Earth, it will fall more slowly. I've never really explored this concept or thought hard on it, though.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I could answer this as I did because I remember what footage of astronauts bouncing around on the moon looks like. Slo. Mo. Tion.

[tiurin.livejournal.com]

HEAVY BOOTS!

[blahblahboy.livejournal.com]

If I read it hastily and did one of those "read options until you find a plausible answer and stop reading the rest of the options" I might have gone for C. What kind of answer distribution did you wind up getting?