Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Forces

Forces — practice question

A skydiver leaps out of a helicopter that is stationary and soon attains a constant vertical speed. She then deploys her parachute. Which statement about the falling skydiver is correct?

  • AAs her parachute opens, her acceleration is upwards.
  • BAs she falls at a steady speed with her parachute open, her weight is zero.
  • CWhen she accelerates, the resultant force on her is zero.
  • DWhen she falls at a steady speed, air resistance is zero.

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