How Does a Parachute Work?

A parachute is a safety device for escaping from flying machines, balloons or aircraft, in difficulties. A parachute helps one land safely on the ground by slowing down the rate of descent.
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PROO u make it sound kindergarteny! IM A PRO! 11/26/2009
sinthia wat would happen if the chute get a hole in it 11/16/2009
Samantha Very helpful! 11/4/2009
Danyella This site works wonderful!And i found awesome facts.!
thanks buzzle
10/21/2009
Lara Acceleration when falling depends on weight actually 10/21/2009
Borris The force that acts on a parachute that slows its motion is air resistance (drag). This is because the wide surface area of the canopy hits molecules within the air. The parachute travels at a constant velocity since gravity and air resistance remain constant. Gravity is slightly stronger than drag thus the parachute travels downwards slowly. 10/21/2009
Lara Acceleration when falling has nothing to do with the weight! Everything falls at 9.8 m/s^2 it's only the shape of the object which has an affect on speed. The only difference is heavier objects create a larger force when falling.

It's not that hard, it's 8th grade physics?
10/20/2009
bubblesz uqhh dhisz isz too much to write;; 9/25/2009
MARTY HEY,,,,,ITS MARTY 9/16/2009
jojo i dont think that is right... 9/16/2009
miles will adding mass to a parachuts cause the parachute to fall faster 9/3/2009
ADITYA I LIKE THIS SITE!1 8/23/2009
anonymous there isnt enough info on the parachute 8/22/2009
Chelsea This was very helpful information...Thank you very much for now I can use some of this information to guide me with my project. Thanks again
Chelsea
8/11/2009
johathan i love parachutes cause it gives my child good imfo about it he lerned an found how waz it discovered an i love it relly love it i made love 2 it once 7/29/2009
johathan i think it is good cause it gives u imformation about the parachutes work an when was it discoverd an i loe it cause it gives my child good imfo for his projects 7/29/2009
hitchhiker42 Hey. the first 2 sentances kind of confused me..
See, people and objects, whether or not they have a parachute, are going to fall. Its called gravity, and there's no stopping it. Seriously. Its going to take over the world! Oh, sorry... Sometimes I get carried away... But really, maybe you should reword that...
4/29/2009
john cool 4/21/2009
ROHIT RANJAN I just want to know that, is it possible to make a person remain in air that is when a person falls from a parashuite, it should not fall down(it should be stationary in air ) ? 4/18/2009
Mystery Person i love you Sam Martin,Mason Phelps, Tom Presdee espeacially Luke Cross I LOVE YOU ALL 4/3/2009
Tom presdee I lovee this website so much!
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your so insperational.
I LOVE YOU!
3/19/2009
DIZZIE OGDEN i will let you in to a little secret here. ok my secret is that i once merlestered a parachutest and his parachute im soo sorry ... NOT I LOVED IT ! 3/19/2009
Megan Giles I love parachutes so much i once made love to one it was alot better than the prozzi i picked up the other day :D
I think they are awsome !
3/19/2009
Anucia The following two sentences from para 5 are rather confusing when read in context.
"The lighter it is, the quicker it reaches the ground. "
"But objects as light as feathers find it difficult to pass their way through these air molecules. "

If feathers find it difficult to pass their way through the air molecules, wouldn't it take a longer time to reach the ground?
2/28/2009
bob i love this very ispirational web site . i am going to live up to be a parachute man 2/2/2009
danielle it was good but it doesnt say how to use it 1/6/2009
Long Duck Dong pretty good. 12/27/2008
adam criss bell awsome 12/15/2008
adam got some good info keep it up 12/15/2008
Kay. Jenga uh well at least i am not a wierdo! 12/11/2008
Lesley Robins hmm... let me think, it didn't help me atall but it was fine. Lesley Robins 12/11/2008
hi thanks 12/4/2008
kaily Smith well thanks anyway no matter how anoyed i am with tina 12/4/2008
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tina well i thought you knew you're the science expert 12/4/2008
kaily Smith well I didnt know tina 12/4/2008
tina think about it Kaily! 12/4/2008
Kaily Smith well what are some of the materials used to make a parachute? 12/4/2008
dot more pitcure's 12/2/2008
Joe F Very detailed. Many thanks. 11/16/2008
jarred unicomb and needs to be shorter 11/11/2008
jarred unicomb needs more detail 11/11/2008
jessie boring i think need to make at more fun 11/7/2008
buerrito tuck u 11/5/2008
paco rodriguez hey:) im doing a science project on parachutes and i just wanted to know, what kind of matrial should i use that would compare to the actual kind of material they would use for a real parachute, say if i was using one of those fake toy soldiers 11/4/2008
joemarry its rlly kool it acutally gave me an A ON MY science project its so kool
thanx alot
10/20/2008
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Mia Hey, I'm Mia and Buzzle your not really helping be right down. You have nothing on Airplanes Buzzle and i really wish you did! 10/1/2008
Tisha You have given me lots of info! And guess what? I'm using this info for my science fair project! 9/18/2008
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9/11/2008
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Tara Really helpful information! 9/11/2008
Maz i am in year 7 and this gave me so much information! thanks so much. i will hopefully get an A+ now. 9/4/2008
Georgia i want to know wheather the size of a paracute affects its landing 8/26/2008
Row My sciene class is doing a fun experement and we are going to make a big plastice parachute! Thank you for reading it! 6/27/2008
Boo Parachutes looks a bit scary to me but there are all different ones that look fantastice. 6/27/2008
sally parachutes are good and fun ive never tryed it but i think it would be good 6/27/2008
alyssa this is amazing news thanks i need to find a parachute for science! 5/22/2008
alyssa this si amazing news thanks i need to find a parachute for science! 5/22/2008
STJMS students You should really put how it works exactly. My science class has to do a project and we have to look up a site that has information on how parachutes work. It would have been really helpful if this site had the information we are seeking.
Thank you,
The Students of STJMS
4/21/2008
Bob Kewll 4/9/2008
v zdf please make this shoter put some scefentic words into this is it piece of boaring dull writting 3/13/2008
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