How is wind a force that is able to move and effect other tangible objects?

Question

I guess it goes for all “gases” but I have a hard time wrapping my head around how gases moving rapidly have the kinetic energy to move solids and even liquids.

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Answer 1

Because gases are made up of atoms, they have mass just like solids and liquids do. While they have less mass given the same volume, kinetic energy is also about velocity and gas molecules are typically moving faster.

So something fast and small can have just as much kinetic energy as something massive and slow.