• Question: How do you create air resistance

    Asked by anon-206364 to Zoe, Kai, Jose Eliel, Hannah, Hamid, Claire on 9 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Hannah Collingwood

      Hannah Collingwood answered on 9 Mar 2019:

      Air resistance occurs whenever something moves through the air. The object collides with air particles which slow it down. We can reduce air resistance by making objects more streamlined, which means that the air can move around the object more easily – think of the shape of aeroplanes and rockets.

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      So to answer your question, we can create air resistance by:
      – having air (more air means more resistance)
      – having a very un-streamlined object!

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