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Gravity pulls the skydiver towards the centre of the earth (downwards force). The air causes wind resistance, slowing the sky diver down (upwards force). The wind can also cause a slight sideways force upon the skydiver.
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Examples of terminal velocity application to human.?
Sky diving, because sky divers are able to control their descent.
What is parachute?
A parachute is some thing that prevents you form crashing into the ground when sky diving.
What things will affect the light intensity?
Dawn and dusk (twilight), gathering storm clouds, or an overcast sky, all will affect daylight intensity.
When a sky diver reaches terminal velocity what happens to the two forces of weight and drag?
The weight force and drag force will be equal
What is an example of an unbalanced force?
An archer ready to release an arrow with a bow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!answ2. In general, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So if something is stable, the forces are all in balance.But a collapsing bridge would be an example of unbalanced forces; up to the point where motion stopped.=============================Answer #3:Everybody who tries to answer this has to tie himself up in knots, becausethere is no such thing as "an unbalanced force". A single force by itself isnot balanced or unbalanced.A group of two or more forces is balanced if all the individual forces in the groupadd up to zero. Example: You push a shopping cart forward, while I push it backward.A group of two or more forces is unbalanced if all the individual forces in the groupdon't add up to zero. Example: You push a shopping cart forward while a mousepushes it backward.
Which sport is safer - skydiving or bungee jumping?
sky diving
What kind of sport starts with s?
SoccerSoftballSkateboarding (My favorite sport, and i`m a girl)Sky Diving (I think)SkiingSkating
What sport did Matt Ryan win two gold medals at the Barcelona Olympics?
swimming and sky diving
Which is an extreme land sport sky diving wind surfing Snorkeling or adventure racing?
Adventure racing
What is the first thing to consider when when thinking of sky diving for the first time?
The first thing to consider when thinking of sky diving is the safety of the company providing the sky diving. Extensive research should be done on any sky diving company before actually sky diving.
How does AFF relate in terms of sky diving?
AFF stands for accelerated free fall. AFF is one sky diving training method. If you choose AFF as your sky diving training method, you can be cleared sooner for solo sky diving than if you choose other sky diving training methods.
What sport would you like to take up if you like being upside down?
Bungee Jumping / Rock Climbing & Rappelling (Aussie Style) / Sky Diving / Scuba Diving
What diving sports are relatively safe?
Sky diving
Is it sky dive or in sky dove?
You would say "We went sky diving last Sunday" "Did you just hear that Susan went Sky Diving?" "James jumped out of the airplane without hesitation and it was the greatest example of sky diving I have ever seen"
Although all sports require a person to be in shape to some degree some sports demand more from the body Which sport does not require a high level of physical fitness?
sky diving
What are other sky sports besides sky diving?
Other sky sports besides skydiving are sky surfing, sky dancing, free falling, and paragliding. Some of these start the same as sky diving, jumping from a plane!
Is there sky diving in Sacramento?
YES
