BIO Insect Dynamics. The froghopper (Philaenus spumarius), the champion leaper of the insect world, has a mass of 12.3 mg and leaves the ground (in the most energetic jumps) at 4.0 m/s from a vertical start. The jump itself lasts a mere 1.0 ms before the insect is clear of the ground. Assuming constant acceleration, (a) draw a free-body diagram of this mighty leaper during the jump; (b) find the force that the ground exerts on the froghopper during the jump; and (c) express the force in part (b) in terms of the froghopper’s weight.
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