The level and type of impairment determine the severity and location of the injury.
Answer: Option (a) is the correct answer.
Explanation:
It is known that potential energy is the energy occupied by an object or substance due to its position is known as potential energy.
Therefore, more is the space occupied by an object more will be its position at a particular location. Hence, more will be its potential energy. On the other hand, smaller is the space occupied by an object, smaller will be the position holded by it.
Hence, smaller will be its potential energy.
Thus, we can conclude that for the given situation the statement, potential energy of the larger sphere is greater than that of the smaller sphere, is true.
While skydiving, its not just freely falling under Earth's gravity. Additional force called drag acts against the gravity which slows down the rate of fall. Drag is caused by the air molecules which pushes against the body as it falls through them. This is actually a significant amount of force which slows down the rate of fall of the body. Drag depends on the contact surface area and weight. More the surface area in contact, more would be the drag. The sitting position of the skydiver would experience less drag than the chest down position because of the less contact surface area of the body with the air molecules while in the former case. No two persons have identical body shape and weight. Hence, the rate of fall can be made nearly equal but not exactly equal. This is would be possible when they are having same body position.
