What is aerodynamics and does it play a part when skydiving?
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Its basicly if you drop a paper sheet it will fal slower because it has more resistance from the air(bigger surface = more air resistanse) but if you crumble the sheet to a ball or a something smaller it falls faster cause less resistence, airodynamics is just a cluster name for anythibg related to resistens by air may this be a supercar or someone skydiving
Aero = air, dynamics = movement. [Aerodynamics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodynamics) is the study of how air movement affects objects, in other words, how different shapes of objects will fall or fly through air, and how air will move around these objects, and drag at them.
When you’re skydiving, gravity pulls you down, and the air hits your body and pushes it. You can move your arms and legs to turn, tumble, fall slightly faster or slower, etc. If you’re wearing a [wing suit](https://previews.123rf.com/images/victorkozlov/victorkozlov2001/victorkozlov200100902/138222924-djibouti-extreme-men-in-wing-suit-templet-skydiving-men-in-parashute-simulator-of-free-fall-.jpg) you can glide a little bit better (rather than just falling like a rock), and the way the air interacts with the wing surfaces of the suit is part of aerodynamics.
Aerodynamics is everything about how moving objects interact with the air (or other gases) they move through, or which move around them. So all the maneuvering a skydiver does while freefalling is aerodynamics, and the reasons why a parachute even works at all, is *also* aerodynamics.
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