system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is strong wind able to sway and knock down a tree, but a human who weighs far less could easily wander through the same wind?
gpt
In addition to what people have said below, trees are also rooted to the ground, which means that when a really strong gust comes, they don't move with it (like humans do), but instead are forced to bend and break.