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Science
Forces including simple machines
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is the force which acts between a moving sledge and the snow, in the opposite direction to the movement.
'Friction' ✓
Long thin shapes have less air
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because there is less area for air to bump into.
'resistance' ✓
What is the surface area of an object?
The area of its smallest surface.
The total area taken up by all of its surfaces added together. ✓
Match the object shape to the relative size of its surface area:
long and wide
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large surface area ✓
long and thin
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small surface area ✓
These shapes are all made with the same mass of sticky tack. Which one of them has the greatest surface area?
a
b
c ✓
If you want to fall through the air as slowly as possible you should __________ your surface area.
maximise ✓
minimise
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