Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Video Reflection (Sky Diver) [October 15]

In the skydiving video gravity, air resistance, and terminal velocity. They explained how the force of gravity is essentially what pulls the skydiver down. However, air resistance prevents the skydiver from accelerating the full amount due to gravity. When the diver jumps gravity allows the acceleration. When the air resistance and acceleration due to gravity equal each other then the diver reaches it's terminal velocity. This is when the diver no longer increases his/her acceleration. Then this goes on until the diver releases his/her parachute. Therefore modifying the landing.

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