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Air Resistance and Drag Force

A skydiver experiences different forces as she jumps from a plane and opens her parachute: 1) As she falls, air resistance increases, slowing her downward acceleration. 2) Upon opening her parachute, air resistance becomes very large, causing her to decelerate sharply. 3) Her weight provides a constant downward force, while air resistance from her parachute equalizes then exceeds her weight, bringing her to a steady downward velocity until landing.

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Air Resistance and Drag Force

A skydiver experiences different forces as she jumps from a plane and opens her parachute: 1) As she falls, air resistance increases, slowing her downward acceleration. 2) Upon opening her parachute, air resistance becomes very large, causing her to decelerate sharply. 3) Her weight provides a constant downward force, while air resistance from her parachute equalizes then exceeds her weight, bringing her to a steady downward velocity until landing.

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Forces and Parachutes

1. Fill in the missing gaps in the sentences. Then match them up


with the pictures of a skydiver who has just jumped out of an
aeroplane.

Constant Terminal Upward Downward Increases Decreases


Weight Same Accelerate Resultant Decelerate Large

A She opens her parachute. There is now a very __________


air resistance force so she starts to ___________________.

B As she accelerates the air resistance force____________.


Now there is a force acting in the opposite direction to her
______________.

C The skydiver only has the downward force of


her_____________pulling down on her – she starts to
_____________________.

D Her ____________ is now equal to the _______________


force from the ground. The _________________ force is
again zero.

E As she accelerates faster the air resistance force


______________. It is now the __________ as her weight.
She now moves at a _______________ speed because the
_____________________ force acting on her is
zero. She is now at her ___________________ velocity (She
cannot go any faster).

F As she decelerates the air resistance force on her


parachute ________________ until it is the ___________
size as her weight. She is now moving with a _____________
speed until she hits the ground – a new, slower____________
velocity.

2. Now draw arrows to represent the different forces acting on the


skydiver and label them with the type of force. (Make the length of
your arrow show the size of the force i.e. a long arrow represents a
large force).

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