or non-free fall between objects with different masses, I predicted that the crumpled paper withsmaller mass and less surface area would hit the ground first. The procedure proved this to betrue; even though the larger extended sheet of paper had more mass it had a much larger area for air resistance to act upon it, while the half sheet that was crumpled into a tight ball had a smallerarea. Based on the 2Law of Motion we know that the behavior of objects for which all existingndforces, are not balanced. The second law states that the acceleration of an object is dependentupon two variables - the net force acting upon the object and the mass of the object. We knowthat heavier objects have to fall faster than lighter ones to counter their weight with airresistance. But increasing your surface area will increase the effect of air resistance, making fora slower terminal velocity, which is what we experienced with the larger extended piece ofpape