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Gravity holds the oceans (and us) to the Earth's surface, as the Earth orbits the Sun at nearly 30 kilometers per second (67,000 mph!). There is no up or down in open space and everything is in motion with regard to everything else. The Earth's rotation (1000 mph at the equator) causes the surface and oceans to bulge outward, but cannot overcome gravity.
The concept that the earth is "hanging in space" is just a saying, like "the moon is hanging in the sky" or the like. The Earth has its planetary mass concentrated in the middle, and all things on its surface (and above it) are pulled "in" toward the center. We call the "inward" pull of the earth "down" instead. Water does, in fact, flow "down" on the surface, as objects are drawn toward the center of the Earth by gravity.
The oceans are actually slightly "pulled away" from the Earth by the gravity of the Moon, which is the main basis for Earth's tides, the movement of water from one area to another. The Earth's spin affects tidal flow but does not create it.
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∙ 15y agoBecause of the water cycle. the water evapourates and stays in the cloulds, when the cloulds get too full they release the water as rain which spreads out over the area so some may land in fields, lakes, river, etc...
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What is that video with the light bulbs hanging down?
Anouk - Lost =)
In a reverse fault where does the hanging wall move relative of the foot wall?
thrust
The earth rotates from?
east to west because the sun comes up in the east and sets in the west.
Suppose you were able to throw a ball in outer space would it slow down as quickly in space as it does on Earth?
No. There is no atmosphere in outer space. So there would be less resistance to slow the ball down. Not so. There is no resistance in space, it is a vacuum. It would go on forever unless acted upon by an outside force, such as the gravitational pull of another object. Simple Newtonian physics.
Do humans age the same in space as they do on earth?
Yes, approximately. Because of higher velocity, astronauts age slightly less than their counterparts on earth, when they are in space, but only by a tiny amount.On the other hand, weightlessness and radiation contribute to bone loss and other ill health effects; so it might be said that even though time is slightly slowed-down for astronauts, they can suffer a deterioration of their health.
How can you return to outer space from earth in astro island?
Get in your space ship and fly down to earth
How would an astronaut aboard a space shuttle go about dropping an object down to earth?
you cant moron there's no gravity in space there for you can not drop something down to earth from space.
The dissovled salts in the earth's oceans are principally derived from?
The dissolved salts in the earth's oceans are principally derived from various gradual processes. These process often break down igneous rocks that are found in the crust of the earth.
How many times have people dived down the trench of the oceans?
more people have travelled to the moon then going down there its a liquid space
Why are astronauts taller in space than earth?
They do not have the gravitational pull pulling their spines down in space.
Can you put the word earth in a sentence?
Astronauts have the thrill of looking down at earth from outer space. The earth is a planet.
Can you throw objects faster in space or on earth?
Space bcause theres no air resistance to slow down the object in space.
How long does it take a space shuttle to reach earth from space?
From my knoledge only a few seconds - minutes because of the high velocity heading down on earth
What is it called when rain snow sleet and hail hit the earth's surface and roll down into rivers oceans and lakes?
Precipitation.
Can nukes be shot down?
Yes but hard to destroy them. Nukes cannot be shot down if they are in space but they can be shot down in the earth.
How were earth oceans formed?
There are two schools of thought as to how Earth's oceans were formed. The first says that volcanic gases emitted steam as the crust cooled and overtime oceans were formed. The second states that an ateriod laden with ice crashed into Earth giving it its oceans. The resulting dust and debris that ricocheted into space after the impact was drawn back into earth'sgravitaional field and condensed into the moon. This makes much more sense because when when you compare Mars to Earth we have oceans and a different type of moon even though we're closely sized planets.
How does the earth temperature drops?
1) oceans absorb carbon-dioxide from the atmosphere, thereby bringing down the temperature 2) oceans emit heat from the sunlight they absorb and increase the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere.
