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How does air resistance affect falling objects?

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To answer this questions, Newton's second law will be applied to the motion of a falling skydiver. read more

Air resistance increases with surface area, but also with velocity, because a higher velocity means an object is displacing a greater volume of air per second. When the acceleration due to gravity is balanced by the force of air resistance, the falling object reaches terminal velocity, and does not fall any faster. read more

In the air resistance formula (#F=1/2rhov^2C_dA#) the higher the velocity the more air resistance there will be for an object. An example of this effect can be seen in vacuum tubes. In normal air a bowling ball will fall much faster than a feather. read more

When an object is not moving there is no air resistance or friction present. In the air resistance formula (#F=1/2rhov^2C_dA#) the higher the velocity the more air resistance there will be for an object. An example of this effect can be seen in vacuum tubes. In normal air a bowling ball will fall much faster than a feather. read more

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