My sister turned 18 this month and after seeing pictures of my brother skydiving in florida, she decided she wanted to go, too. My parents paid for it as her birthday present :)
Skydiving is a perfect exapmle to show air resistance, however air resistance is just one of the forces relevant to a bigger concept we're studying, impulse and momentum. Starting when my sister jumped out of the plane she started gaining speed increasing her momentum (p=mv) until she hit terminal velocity and momentum and acceleration remained constant. The impulse (J) she hit the ground with was also affected by air resistance.
J=Fxt
Air resistance and the parachute increased the time it took my sister to fall and decreased the force she hit the ground, therefore the overall impulse was smaller opposed to jumping with no parachute.
I want to go skydiving! We should totally go.
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Wow that looked awesome, is that the one out in Mokuleia? She must have had fun
ReplyDeleteHaha that is sick, skydiving is nuts. Looks like you put a ton of effort into this, extra credit fo sho.
ReplyDeletemean the burritos at the beginning.
OMG!!! Holy moly! That was so cool to watch. Skydiving looks so fun...but i don't know if I would do that. It looks kinda scary. But, wow! I really like how you incorporated momentum into this.
ReplyDeleteTHAT WAS SO COOL! i wish i were brave enough to go skydiving haha that looked super fun!
ReplyDeleteI would definitely trade our basketball season to go sky diving! Chi wouldn't be happy tho... :P
ReplyDeleteLove the blog - actually makes physics seem like fun, right? (Not really, sorry Mrs. Chen)
HAHA KHAYDANS COMMENT x100!!!!
ReplyDeletei think you should read dylans comment again mrs. chen *cough cough extra credit...