Air resistance

Air resistance pushes against falling

objects and __________________.

• Speeds them up

• Keeps them afloat

• Slows them down

• Spins them

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Which has more air resistance?

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Air resistance is a force caused by...

• Water pushing against moving objects

• Air pushing against moving objects

• Gravity pushing against moving objects

• Normal force pushing against moving objects

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When dropped from the same distance, which will fall to the floor faster?

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Which two of these forces act on parachutes?

• Air Resistance

• Gravity

• Thrust

• Kinetic Energy

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An object is falling downward through Earth's atmosphere. In which direction is the air resistance force?

• Down

• Up

• Around the object

• Through the object

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The upward force which is exerted against a falling object is

• gravity

• terminal velocity

• air resistance

• intertia

A force which causes objects to fall is

• weight

• gravity

• air resistance

• absorbency

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If you jump out of an airplane, which two forces are acting on you?

• Gravity and friction

• Force and gravity

• Gravity and Air Resistance

When you drop a hammer and a feather on the moon what will happen? There is no air on the moon.

• They will hit at the same time

• The hammer will hit first

• The feather will hit first

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