IS water harder than GROUND?
2007-07-15 12:25:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It would be about the same. The surface tension of water is very high. Unless you landed in a way that broke this surface tension in the right way (like a diver does), you are going to get hurt/killed.
2007-07-15 12:28:20 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that if you landed on hard, grassless ground travelling at terminal velocity, your body would bounce like 1.5 metres high?
Best case circumstance is landing with locked knees, toes pointing down, into water. Oncethe surface tension is broken, you will rapidly slow down, but will still be going REALLY FAST. So, once you're under water, keep your knees locked, but point your toes upwards. This will severely angle your direction of travel, and you will end up shooting at an angle out of the surface of the water like a torpedo.
People have actually been known to survive freefall when landing in the right area of a bog. With all the lichen and moss and stuff to reduce your speed, it might save your life. But, you're gonna break everything and it's going to hurt like hell.
Moral of that story is: Don't jump out of a perfectly good plane.
2007-07-15 20:25:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At those distances, they'd be roughly the same. Water is not a compressible substance. You might have better luck if you landed feet first to break the surface tension.
2007-07-15 19:27:56 · answer #3 · answered by Intrepyd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
does not matter once you reach maxim valocity your screwed. Probally better to land on the ground though if you can come in at an angle it will increase your chances of survivol
2007-07-15 19:41:40 · answer #4 · answered by agoldstrom_us 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋