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Yes, air resistance is a contact force.
It is caused by the overall force created when thousands of tiny air particles collide with your body (or a parachute etc).
All of the tiny collisions add up to the larger force you feel as air resistance
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Is air resistance a contact or non contact force?
Air resistance is a contact force because you are in contact with the air in order to apply that force.
Is air resistance a contact?
it is contact force
Is drag a contact force or a non contact force?
Drag (or air resistance) is a contact force because in the air there is loads of tiny air particles which collides with an object when passing through,slowing it down until it eventually stops and that makes it a contact force. Crystal
What are the examples of contact force?
a contact force includes friction and air resistance
Is upthrust force a non contact force?
No, upthrust would not be considered a non-contact force. It would be considered a contact force. It is making contact with an updraft of air.
What is air reistance?
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What does air reistance do?
Air restistance causes friction against a moving object and can cause it to slow down. For example a parachutes job is to makes air restistance to slow down whatever it is trying to stop from falling. the parachute is there to even out the air restistance with the force gravity.
What is air resistance for kids?
It is a contact force
What are the examples of a contact forces?
a contact force includes friction and air resistance
Kinds of contact force?
examples of contact forces are : friction, tension, normal force
Is thrust a contact force or non contact force?
No, upthrust would not be considered a non-contact force. It would be considered a contact force. It is making contact with an updraft of air.
How do you use contact force in a sentence?
Some examples of contact forces are tension, friction, and air resistance. An example of a sentence using the term "contact force" is "The fundamental force that gives rise to contact forces is the electromagnetic force. "
