Reducing Air Resistance
Science: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 5.2.3
Reducing Air Resistance
There are ways we can reduce the air resistance of an object.
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.
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.
Test yourself on Reducing Air Resistance
What can be done to an object to reduce the air resistance on it?
How can an object be made more streamlined?
Why can streamlined objects move more quickly through the air?