I have a large parachute and a small parachute.which would reach the ground first if dropped .homework help.?

Question

hi ,i need a hand with my homework,james ,aged 8

Answer 1

assuming that whatever was suspended from the parachutes was of equal weight , then the smaller would reach the ground first as it would give the least resistance to gravity.The larger parachute would float down slower.

Answer 2

ok james this is an easy question; the small parachute will reach the ground first because its smaller there is less wind resistance, think of it like throwing rocks which is easyier to throw? A big rock or a small rock get the idea. because the small parachute is smaller it will drop faster now here's the hard part weight is the biggest factor which is heavyier the big parachute or the little one?? so ask the teacher which one is heavyier. if the teacher says they are the same pick the smaller one ,if the teacher says the larger parachute is heavyier pick the big one and if for some reason the teacher says the small one is heavyier then pick it, the fact is that the teacher didn't give you all the facts to correctly answer this question!!! so when in doubt pick one and be perpared to back up your choice... without all the facts I'd probable pick the bigger parachute just to play it safe...and don't forget to ask the teacher why they didn't give you all the factors involved to answer this question - weight, the hieght from which there being dropped these things make all the difference.......hope this helps and not confusse you more ..pretty tough question for an 8 year old???

Answer 3

the small parachute although normally if you drop 2 pens at the same time they both hit the floor at the same time but normally you drop them from a height where air resistance doesn't kick in from say 50,000 feet in the air you have a large parachute and a small 1 and were dropped from the same height they would fall at teh same speed for a bit but then the air particles start hitting the large parachute and larger surace area meens that more particles are hitting it so this slows the large parachute down, the small one will still get slowed but not as much as the big parachute because there is a smaller surface area

Answer 4

If you are talking about just dropping these from a large height then the answer is that they will both hit the ground at the same time.

This is one of Newton's Laws of physics. As much as I did not believe it when I was taught this at school it is actually correct. Say you were at the top of a building with a marble and a bowling ball and you dropped them off the roof at the exact same time - they would both strike the ground at the same time. It has to do with the objects reaching terminal velocity which is the maximum speed at which something can fall. As the bowling ball is bigger it has more inertia than the marble (air resistance) and so it takes longer to reach it's terminal velocity.

Answer 5

Hi. Assuming both parachutes had the same weight attached then the small parachute would reach the ground first as it has less surface area for the air to push against. The large parachute has more surface area for the air to push against and so would drop slower.

Answer 6

If you jump around rocky mountain air, on the Pacific side, you may not reach ground for a long time, as thermal action's propel you upward as fast or faster than eagel's, sailplane's, jet's, helicopter's, paper, dust, cloud's, or any other matter caught in the severe updraft. However your likely to jump into a known and certified area, where physic's of gravity hold that the larger parachute would take a tiny bit more time if there was zero wind.smaller parachute's are aerodynamically designed, and could outlast a round unsteerable larger one, if 5 mph wind and maneuvering room was available.

Answer 7

Wow, what grade are you, James?
I assume that the weight of the load that each parachute carries is the same.

I'm not sure if you've learnt about air resistance and all that.
If you consider air resistance (the amount of air that pushes the parachute upwards), the small parachute would reach the ground first because the large parachute has a larger area so more air pushes against it.

If you simply consider weight, the large parachute is made of more material and is heavier, so it will reach the ground first.

I hope it helps you. =)

You can ask your mummy or daddy to read Lesson 3 (scroll down) of http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/Projects/Emeryville/Part2.html
and explain it to you.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

The smaller parachute would have less air resistance and would reach the ground first.

Answer 10

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