While skydiving, its not just freely falling under Earth's gravity. Additional force called drag acts against the gravity which slows down the rate of fall. Drag is caused by the air molecules which pushes against the body as it falls through them. This is actually a significant amount of force which slows down the rate of fall of the body. Drag depends on the contact surface area and weight. More the surface area in contact, more would be the drag. The sitting position of the skydiver would experience less drag than the chest down position because of the less contact surface area of the body with the air molecules while in the former case. No two persons have identical body shape and weight. Hence, the rate of fall can be made nearly equal but not exactly equal. This is would be possible when they are having same body position.
Our solar system consists of the sun and the 9 planets and their moons.
The galaxy is outside our solar system.
For electrical devices . . .
Power dissipated = (voltage) x (current) =
(12 V) x (3.0 A) = 36 watts .
1 watt means 1 joule per second
(36 joule/sec) x (60 sec/min) x (10 min) = 21,600 joules
The coriolis effect was discovered in the 19th century by Gaspard. C. Coriolis. It simply relates to anything that moves freely on the surface of the earth including apparent curvature global winds and ocean currents.
This curvature is mainly due to the rotation of the earth around its axis.
Answer:
<span>A.) The rotation of Earth on its axis</span>
