Physics A-Level
Air resistance
What Air resistance means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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A resistive force exerted by the air on any object moving through it, acting opposite to the direction of motion.
A form of fluid friction that increases with speed and acts opposite to the velocity of a projectile.
Topics that use Air resistance
- Projectile motion (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Drag
- Drag dependence on speed
- Effect of drag on projectile trajectories
- Friction
- Independence of perpendicular motions
- Lift
- Projectile motion with drag
- Qualitative modelling
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