I know the rules say “don’t literally explain it as if it’s a 5-year-old” but in this case I truly think the “dumbest” you can make the answer, the better
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There’s a lot of guesswork here. Not a fan.
The reason is actually fairly simple. A big thing moving the same speed as a small thing appears slower.
Think about a car driving in the distance.
Then another car, twice as big, driving next to it.
They drive at the same speed, but the big one takes longer to travel its own length, so it appears slower to you. Even at the same speed, it appears slower.
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Likewise, all objects fall at the same rate. This means that a bowling ball falling from ten feet will hit the ground way later than a pea falling from one foot. If dropped from the same height, they would in fact hit the ground together, but because the bowling ball is so large it would appear not to have fallen as far.
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