Concept explainers
(a)
To find: The glide angle which is more efficient for a 200-gram animal to glide rather that walk.
(b)
To find: The threshold function
(c)
To explain: To make gliding more efficient than walking, do larger gliders have larger or smaller selection of glide angles than smaller gliders.
(d)
To sketch: The graph of
(e)
To find: The value of body mass
(f)
To explain: The value of mass
(g)
To find: The glide angle
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