How is it that bugs take no fall damage?
In: Physics
Fall damage depends on potential and kinetic energy produced by a body. Potential and kinetic energy is some kind of energy in a body with what, it can exert force to damage other things.
And potential and kinetic energy depends on two factors:
– Weight of a body and falling speed
If something with more weight falls. It would fall with more falling speed. Because gravity acts upon large and dense objects more strongly. Due to its large falling speed, it gains large enough potential and kinetic energy to cause it to fall with more exerting force and damage itself.
Similarly, bugs have less weight and due to its less weight, it falls with less speed and get less potential and kinetic energy and get less fall damage.
Note: Potential energy and kinetic energy are different terms. But they are both produced in a body when it falls.
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