What is a parachute and how does it work?how is it useful?
The Parachute: The word parachute comes from a French-Latin mix – ‘para’, which is Latin for ‘against’ and ‘chute’ which is French for ‘fall’. So parachute means ‘against the fall’, which is pretty much how it does work. A parachute is a light-weight device – made formerly of linen, canvas and silk, and now of nylon and zero-porosity fabrics – that is meant to slow down the fall of people and objects. It is used both as a safety measure in case of an air accident, for safety plus recreational purposes as with skydivers, for military use, and for aid purposes like when dropping food, medicines, heavy machinery and other items to disaster/war affected areas.
