Question

What happens if you drop an egg on the ground and on a pillow from the same height ? Explain.​

Answer 1

If you drop another egg from the same height onto a pillow it wont break (better get a grownup to help with this). The change in momentum of the egg is the same in both cases, but the time taken is not. The egg dropped on the floor stops very quickly, which means the force on the egg is large, so it breaks