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    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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    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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    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

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    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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