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An open parachute increases air resisttance of a falling sky diver by?
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∙ 12y ago
Increasing the surface area, producing drag.
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What force changes when a sky diver opens his parachute?
Air resistance increases.
What effect terminal velocity and air resistance have on a sky diver when he opens his parachute?
Air resistance increases and terminal velocity decreases when the parachute has opened.
Is it sky diver will come down only with parachute?
Only if he's wearing one.A skydiver will come down, one way or another, due to Earth's gravity. The parachute is to avoid him falling too fast. If he doesn't have a parachute, he will probably die when he crashes on the ground.
what force is increased after the skydiver open parachute?
To start with there is gravitational attraction. As soon as the skydiver starts falling, (s)he will experience the drag force due to air resistance. The gravitational force is essentially constant but the drag increases as the diver's velocity increases until it equals gravity. The diver is the falling at terminal velocity and will continue to do so until the parachute is operated.
Does an open parachute decrease the weight of a diver?
No, it will actually add to the total weight.
What force doesn't change when a sky diver opens his parachute?
Gravity doesn't change.
How does the density of the air change in the Cartesian Diver experiment?
As the "diver" descends, air density inside the diver's capsule increases as it is compressed.
What force changes when a sky diver's parachute opens?
The force that changes is air resistance and the force that stay the same is gravity.
The drag force on a falling sky diver is also known as?
Terminal Velocity.
What forces stay the same when a sky diver's parachute opens?
Terminal velocity. I'm pretty sure that's what your asking.
The drag force acting on a falling sky diver is also known as?
Terminal Velocity.
What force changes when a sky diver's parachute opens what force stays the same?
The force down remains constant.force down (newtons) = (mass (kg) * acceleration due to gravity ((m/s)/s) ).The force up varies with velocity and drag coefficient ( which increases significantly when the chute opens).force up (newtons) = velocity2 * drag coefficient
