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What is air resistance?
Without friction, a bicycle wouldn't work, this is because there would be no grip on the road surface or pedals and no way to stop the wheels from going around. Ice-skating also demonstrates friction, with the edge of the blades as the centre of gravity. Air resistance or drag, acts against gravity on falling objects and this is how parachutes work. Swimmers also use water resistance to help them move forward.
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