A parachute is a device usually made of fabric most of the fabrics parachutes are made of is silk and nylon. Another, thing is there are also a many different types of parachutes designed for many different specific applications. Also, parachutes are used for both people and cargo to deliver things to areas which can only be reached by aircraft. In addition a parachute works by slowing down a falling object, sometimes the object is a human skydiving. Additionally using many different vocabulary words such as gravity, scientists can explain how a parachute works. …show more content…
Terminal velocity is the constant speed of a falling object. One reason they have a low terminal velocity is they are built to be safe for the thing they are caring. The way they safely land the object is they are built to have a lower terminal velocity than the object. The parachute is pulled down by the force of gravity when it's falling. Gravity pulls down the parachute with a constant of 9.81 m/s2 . Gravity is a force that pulls together all matter that you can