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    Within a world without air resistance: 1) Projectiles would follow a parabolic trajectory determined only by initial speed and angle, without horizontal forces. 2) Rain would fall much faster, around a third the speed of sound, and heavy raindrops could be deadly. 3) Cars could not use combustion engines, which require oxygen, so would need rocket or battery power like a lunar rover. Rocket power could allow escape velocity but be dangerous, while battery power would require too much weight. 4) Parachutes would fall extremely fast under gravity without air slowing descent, making their use immensely dangerous.

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    Within a world without air resistance: 1) Projectiles would follow a parabolic trajectory determined only by initial speed and angle, without horizontal forces. 2) Rain would fall much faster, around a third the speed of sound, and heavy raindrops could be deadly. 3) Cars could not use combustion engines, which require oxygen, so would need rocket or battery power like a lunar rover. Rocket power could allow escape velocity but be dangerous, while battery power would require too much weight. 4) Parachutes would fall extremely fast under gravity without air slowing descent, making their use immensely dangerous.

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    Peta 9 Journal Sci

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    Arabella E.
    Within a world without air resistance: 1) Projectiles would follow a parabolic trajectory determined only by initial speed and angle, without horizontal forces. 2) Rain would fall much faster, around a third the speed of sound, and heavy raindrops could be deadly. 3) Cars could not use combustion engines, which require oxygen, so would need rocket or battery power like a lunar rover. Rocket power could allow escape velocity but be dangerous, while battery power would require too much weight. 4) Parachutes would fall extremely fast under gravity without air slowing descent, making their use immensely dangerous.

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    Journal Entry 1:

    How the world would be like without either air


    resistance-

    Imagine what the world would be like without air


    resistance?

    ? a world without air resistance ?


    Within the absence of air resistance, there would be
    no forces or components of forces that act
    horizontally. The path or trajectory followed by a
    projectile is a parabola and that path depends only
    on the initial speed and angle of projection.

    But in the real world where air resistance exists,


    projectiles are subject to air resistance as seen in the
    diagram below.

    Diagram of a projectile subject to air resistance ₊˚✩


    Do you ever think about what would happen if there
    was no air resistance, then it rains?

    Since there is no air resistance, rain would drop fast,


    about a third of the speed of sound and faster than
    the muzzle velocity of some guns. It would hurt a
    bunch, and if worse, raindrops would be deadly.
    If aircraft will not function well with the absence of
    air resistance, what about cars? If there is no air
    resistance, there is no oxygen in the surrounding air
    to support the combustion required for the car
    engine.

    In conclusion, the car would either be rocket or


    battery powered just like a lunar rover (which is an
    exploration vehicle designed to roam the moon). If
    battery powered, it would be too heavy for the power
    that is required. If rocket powered, then it could go
    at escape velocity or more.
    In the other hand, the usage of parachutes would be
    immensely dangerous without air resistance, gravity
    would pull it towards the earth and it would fall
    extremely fast.

    Air resistance affects the fall of a parachute and with


    it, air molecules make the parachutes fall slowly
    around 12 mph, resulting in a most likely and much
    smooth, safe landing on the ground.
    Additional notes:

    -Air is a matter, a medium, and pushing an object


    through it means the air pushes back to slow it. That
    is why aerodynamic forms move faster in air-less
    wind resistance.
    -Without air resistance there is no terminal velocity.

    -; ༉‧₊˚✧ End of Journal Entry ✩࿐

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