Yes. That should only bother people who still think that 'accelerating' means 'speeding up'.
It doesn't. 'Acceleration' means any change of speed or direction.
An object in circular motion is always accelerating because its direction is constantly changing even if its speed remains constant. This acceleration is called centripetal acceleration and is directed towards the center of the circle in which the object is moving.
No, people living at the equator are not constantly accelerating. The only acceleration they would experience is due to the Earth's rotation, which is a constant speed.
True. It is accelerating because the velocity constantly changes. The velocity constantly changes because the direction changes - and a velocity is made up of a magnitude, and a direction.True. It is accelerating because the velocity constantly changes. The velocity constantly changes because the direction changes - and a velocity is made up of a magnitude, and a direction.True. It is accelerating because the velocity constantly changes. The velocity constantly changes because the direction changes - and a velocity is made up of a magnitude, and a direction.True. It is accelerating because the velocity constantly changes. The velocity constantly changes because the direction changes - and a velocity is made up of a magnitude, and a direction.
An object traveling in a circle is accelerating because its direction is constantly changing as it moves along the circular path. This change in direction, even if the speed remains constant, results in an acceleration towards the center of the circle, known as centripetal acceleration.
An object traveling in circular motion is constantly changing because its 'direction' is constantly changing due to the circular motion. The speed may be unchanging say, 5 miles per hour but the direction may be going form East to North to West to South and then back to East, say in counter clockwise motion.
A Ferris wheel accelerates because it is continuously changing direction as it spins in a circle. Even though the speed may remain constant, the direction is constantly changing, resulting in acceleration.
An object moving in a circular path at a constant speed is accelerating because its direction of motion is changing. The object is not speeding up or slowing down but is constantly changing its direction, which results in acceleration towards the center of the circle.
This is not strictly true; an object in orbit, going in a circular motion, at least from a human perspective, is not accelerating. However, any object going in a circular motion that is not orbiting another object is being contained in a circle artificially, either by a tether or by thrust, that would go in a straight line if no other force were acting on it, is experiencing "acceleration," which is not necessarily "going faster" as might be assumed.
Parachutists and snowflakes do not fall with constantly accelerating motion because of air resistance. As they fall through the air, they experience a drag force that counteracts the force of gravity, eventually reaching a terminal velocity where the forces are balanced and they fall at a constant speed. This prevents them from accelerating indefinitely.
only if they walk in a circle
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That's a true statement ... but not in the way you think. "Accelerating" is NOT necessarily the same thing as "speeding up".