Eli5 If the equation for force is F=ma why does dropping the same object from 2 different heights change how much an object would be crushed?

Question

In science one year, we did a test of dropping a water bottle from different heights over a Pringle, and we had to protect the Pringle with a paper. But how would increasing the height increase the force is the mass and acceleration is the same?

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Answer 1

Something that has always interested me is that every object that has mass has gravity, therefore more massive objects (ignoring friction) do actually fall faster to earth than less massive ones. This is because the more massive objects is pulling the earth to it faster than the less massive objects. It’s negligible though. I’d love to see this in action though. I’d love to see a super precise calculation between the items