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===About Terminal Velocity===
'''Terminal velocity''' depends on:
*The [[density]] of an [[object]] - The more [[dense]] an [[object]] the greater the '''terminal velocity''' because larger [[object]]s (of the same weight) will experience greater [[Air Resistance|air resistance]] at a given [[speed]].
*The shape of an [[object]] - The more [[streamline]]d an [[object]] the greater the '''terminal velocity''' because they experience less [[Air Resistance|air resistance]] at a given [[speed]].
: '''Terminal velocity''' is the maximum [[velocity]] an [[object]] will reach when falling due to [[gravity]].
: '''Terminal velocity''' occurs because [[Air Resistance|air resistance]] increases with [[speed]] until the [[Air Resistance|air resistance]] is [[Balancing Balanced Forces|balanced]] with the [[weight]], at which point the [[object]] will stop [[accelerating]].
{| class="wikitable"
|[[File:TerminalVelocityGraph2.png|center|200px]]
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|[[File:TerminalVelocity2TerminalVelocity3.png|center|200px]]
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:left;" |As the penguin [[accelerate]]s more its hight [[velocity]] results in more [[Air Resistance|air resistance]] that acts against its [[weight]].
|[[File:TerminalVelocityGraph3.png|center|200px]]
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|[[File:TerminalVelocity3TerminalVelocity4.png|center|200px]]
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:left;" |Once the penguin is moving fast enough the [[velocity]] results in an [[Air Resistance|air resistance]] that is as large as the [[weight]].
|[[File:TerminalVelocityGraph4.png|center|200px]]
|}
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158770/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158770&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ec31595e720e1529e49876c3866fff6e ''Terminal velocity, page 141, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945598/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945598&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ad276ad49df77ab4b40ab4fd0fe10344 ''Terminal velocity, page 211, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/178294558X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178294558X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f0dfb66dafcb0c6e9449e7b1a4ae1ac448 ''Terminal velocity, page 63, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/019835939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=019835939X&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=57e96876985fc39b1a3d8a3e3dc238b6 ''Terminal velocity, pages 146-147, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851370/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851370&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=01c69b0ae058f809cf636033e6ba793e ''Terminal velocity, pages 156-7, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946403/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946403&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=32a0abb60dff015b15b50e9b1d7b4644 ''Terminal velocity, pages 159-161, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945970/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945970&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=a120d24dcc7cc7a58192069a3aafc1d2 ''Terminal velocity, pages 190-192, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851362/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851362&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=7d78d70a2044ee9982dae010c94af92a ''Terminal velocity, pages 234-5, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945687/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945687&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a598e52189317a20311d7a632747bc9 ''Terminal velocity, page 29, Gateway GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359837/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359837&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=3c4229e8b023b2b60768e7ea2307cc6f ''Terminal velocity, pages 70, Gateway GCSE Physics, Oxford, OCR '']