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Terminal speed

Drop stacks of paper cake cases from 2 m, time the falls by hand three times each, and see how the terminal speed depends on the mass.

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Practice: Investigating terminal speed

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2 of 2 available questions match the selected filters. This session contains 2 questions.

Question 1 · 1 mark · Foundation · Practical · Diagnostic

What is true about the forces on a cake case falling at terminal speed?

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Question 2 · 3 marks · Standard · Practical · Practical method

Explain why the timing zone is the lower part of the fall.