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Why does air resistance increase with speed?
As an object falls, it picks up speed. The increase in speed leads to an increase in the amount of air resistance. Eventually, the force of air resistance becomes large enough to balances the force of gravity. At this instant in time, the net force is 0 Newton; the object will stop accelerating.
Is there more air resistance the faster you go?
The magnitude of the velocity squared. The faster you go, the greater the air resistance force.
How does air resistance change with time?
When an object is dropped from rest (and we ignore air resistance) the time it takes to reach the ground depends only on the initial height and the acceleration of the object. Greater speed causes greater air resistance, and increased area increases air resistance as well. It also depends on an object’s shape.
How does air resistance affect speed?
Q: Why does air resistance slow things down? With air resistance, acceleration throughout a fall gets less than gravity (g) because air resistance affects the movement of the falling object by slowing it down. How much it slows the object down depends on the surface area of the object and its speed.
Does size affect air resistance?
You might think this is because the air resistance force depends on the mass, but you’d be wrong– it’s exactly the opposite. Air resistance is insignificant for heavy objects precisely because it doesn’t depend on the mass. Specifically, the change in motion due to air resistance gets bigger as the mass gets smaller.
Do heavier items fall faster?
Answer 1: Heavy objects fall at the same rate (or speed) as light ones. The acceleration due to gravity is about 10 m/s2 everywhere around earth, so all objects experience the same acceleration when they fall.
How does speed affect air resistance?
Air resistance depends on velocity, area, and shape of the object going through the air. The higher the speed and the bigger the area, the higher the resistance.