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Q: What does it mean if something is moving relative to something?
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Can the train appear to be rest at rest while moving?

Yes and no. All motion is relative. When you say you are moving you mean in relation to something else. If are on the train and you choose something that moving alongside you at the same speed (another train for instance) then you are not moving relative to that, however you are moving in relation to the countryside. Both trains are moving in relation to a cow in the field.


How do you know IF a object is moving?

Objects are always moving. The earth is moving and so everything on it. Nothing even off the planet ever stops moving because ALL motion is relative. Something is only not moving relative to something moving the same way.


How do you know your moving?

If you see anything that appears to be moving, then you know that relative to that thing, you're moving. That's the best and only thing you can do, because there is no such thing as 'really' moving ... only moving relative to something.


What is relative speed?

Relative speed is the speed between two moving objects with no regards to a fixed reference. Speed is how fast something is moving with respect to an object.


What does areodynamics mean?

If you mean aerodynamics, then it is the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.


How do you interpret a reference point?

something that stay at the same velocity...or dumbing it down :) is what an object is moving relative to something else.. so if there is a train and a girl watching the train the girl is a reference point because the train is moving relative of it


What does with respect to ground mean?

It means that the object is moving relative to the ground


What do we mean when we say that motion is relative?

When considering how 'fast' something is moving on earth, you ignore the fact that the earth itself is rotating, that the earth is orbiting the sun, and that the solar system itself is moving through the universe. All you care about is the relative motion between the object, and the earth itself, or another object perhaps.


When riding a bicycle past a building you are not moving relative to the?

You are not moving relative to the bicycle.


What do we mean when you say that motion is relative?

It means the motion you measure for something depends on where you measure from. For example, You are on the sidewalk and measure the speed of a truck and its driver to be 60mph. But if you were in the truck and measured the speed of the driver it would be zero, because now, relative to you, the driver is not moving.


What does inhibitions mean?

Stop something moving.


Why is it important to know that your reference point is moving?

If your reference point it moving, then it cannot be considered a reference point. Your reference point should be something constant. Something that can be relative to any situation. If it moves, you lose this relativity.