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Understanding Air Resistance and Forces

The document discusses key concepts in physics, focusing on air resistance, friction, and forces. It explains how air resistance affects motion, particularly in skydiving, and differentiates between mass and weight. Additionally, it covers the nature of friction, the role of forces in movement, and the measurement of speed and gravitational forces.

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Understanding Air Resistance and Forces

The document discusses key concepts in physics, focusing on air resistance, friction, and forces. It explains how air resistance affects motion, particularly in skydiving, and differentiates between mass and weight. Additionally, it covers the nature of friction, the role of forces in movement, and the measurement of speed and gravitational forces.

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Science

Physics

AIR RESISTANCE
❖ It is the opposing force of gravity
❖ When you move slowly, air resistance is less
❖ As your velocity increases so does air resistance
❖ When both forces ( Gravity and Air resistance) are balanced you travel at a
constant speed. Also known as TERMINAL VELOCITY

❖ A skydiver opens a parachute and increases surface area which increases air
resistance.
Increased air resistance slows the diver down since the forces are unbalanced.
❖ As speed decreases, air resistance decreases.
❖ Eventually , the acceleration due to gravity and the air resistance are equal and
the diver falls at a constant speed, a new TERMINAL VELOCITY.

Hooks Law

MASS is measure in Grams (g)


FORCE is measured in Newtons (N)
WEIGHT is measured in Newtons (N)
The difference between mass and weight is that: Mass is a fundamental measurement
of how much matter an object contains. Weight is a measurement of the gravitational
force on an object.
The bigger the mass the stronger the force.
As the force (N) on the spring increases, the length of the spring increases.
Friction
❖ Friction is a contact force, also a resistive force

❖ When solid A tries to slide past solid B, the two solids rub each other producing
heat.
❖ The bumpier the solids the more they resist the movement and the more
friction there is.
❖ Water acts as a LUBRICANT
❖ Friction is why we don't slip when we walk along the pavement.
❖ It is useful in bikes and cars, without friction they would not be able to
accelerate, brake or turn. Friction can also make metal wear away.
❖ Lubrication limits friction.

Pushing and Pulling


❖ Nothing can move without being pushed or pulled
❖ Pushes and Pulls are FORCES
❖ Everything we do involves forces, ( lifting, standing, sitting etc.)

Getting Going
❖ Forces are measured in Newtons (N).
❖ You can measure forces with a force meter or a newton meter
❖ Your foot pushes backwards and the ground pushes you forwards.
❖ Opening a cupboard= Pull
Closing a drawer = Push
Lifting a weight = Pull

Speed
❖ Speed = Distance
Time

❖ The units used in this are cm/s.


❖ What are unites for speed in a car

Km/h and M/h

Earth and its Pull


❖ Gravitational forces can only pull, unlike MAGNETIC forces which can
push and pull.
❖ Things fall down because there is a force pulling them down.
❖ You can't push or pull something unless you touch it or are connected to
it.
❖ Two examples of forces that can be pushed or pulled without touching
the object that they are pulling our spuhing are

MAGNETIC AND GRAVITATIONAL FORCES.

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