5.2.3

Reducing Air Resistance

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Reducing Air Resistance

There are ways we can reduce the air resistance of an object.

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Reducing air resistance

  • You can streamline an object to make the object move quicker through the air.
  • You can make an object more streamlined by making it more pointy.
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Streamlined objects

  • A streamlined object moves quicker through the air because there is less friction between the object and the air particles.
  • The air particles can move more quickly over the object's surface.

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