2.

4 Air resistance

1a. A car is ‘streamlined’ when it has been designed to reduce the

effect of air resistance.
B. A lorry travelling fast would experience more air resistance than
a streamlined car travelling slowly because it will have a greater
surface area that is in contact with the air, and also it will be pushing
more air out of the way as it is travelling faster.
2. A tennis ball and cricket ball will hit the ground at the same time,
even though the cricket ball is heavier, because they are the same
size and experience the same amount of air resistance. If there is an
equal amount, or no, air resistance, all objects fall at the same rate.
friction, air resistance, balanced, friction, air resistance, air
resistance, streamlined.

G, C, A, D, E, F, B
3a Birds take on a streamlined shape to dive into water and catch
sh, to reduce the water resistance acting on them.
b Large parachutes slow you down more than small parachutes
because they have a larger surface area and so experience more air
resistance.

a. Down arrow labelled gravity, up arrow labelled air resistance.

On the Moon these arrows should be much smaller.
b. Objects fall at the same rate even if they are different masses.
Any difference in speed on Earth is caused by air resistance,
but on the Moon there is much less air resistance.