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Free Fall/Air Resistance

Authored by Steven Torrez

Science

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 5+ times

Free Fall/Air Resistance
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Which one falls faster in vacuum? An elephant or a leaf?

Elephant

Leaf

They are the same

Nothing can be said

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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Which two of these forces act on parachutes?

Air Resistance

Gravity

Thrust

Kinetic Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What causes an object to fall faster?

Smaller surface area

Larger surface area

If it has a parachute

If it is softer

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Another name for air resistance is...

Buoyancy

Streamline

Gravity

Drag

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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The larger the surface area of the moving object, the ___________ air resistance there is.

Less

More

Longer

Quicker

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Air resistance pushes against falling

objects and __________________.

Speeds them up

Keeps them afloat

Slows them down

Spins them

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The larger the parachute the ____________

Less air resistance

More surface tension

Less drag

More drag

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