Javier lives along the eastern coast of south carolina, where his town receives sea breezes during the day. he knows what causes the local winds, but he decides to investigate global winds. what is the cause of global winds?

global winds are formed by air pressure belts at different earth latitude and the Coriolis effect.

we need to know the time interval during which the force acts. impulse of force = momentum change

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.