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Why doesnt a helicopter move away from the earth atmosphere as the earth always move?
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∙ 12y ago
The Earth's atmosphere moves right along with the Earth. If it didn't, then
anybody standing on the equator would be standing in a 1,000 mph wind !
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Does the earth and moon have atmosphere?
Obviously the Earth has an atmosphere, and the moon also has one, although it is weaker and does not contain oxygen.
Has the Earth's atmosphere atmosphere always had the same composition?
yes
Is the earth's atmosphere always the same?
No. The early Earth's atmosphere contained a lot of ammonia, for example.
Is the amount of water in earth's atmosphere and on earth always the same?
Yes - the Earth has a finite amount of water on it. This water cycles between the oceans and the atmosphere.
Was the earth's atmosphere always the same?
No, actually it took a period of about 2.5 billion years for the atmosphere to be were it is today.
Is the moon part of earths atmosphere?
Yes and no. Our atmosphere is part of the earth, and when you see the blue sky you are actually seeing the light scattered by the atmosphere. Of course if you think of the sky as going all the way to the distant stars, then you are no longer talking about the earth's atmosphere.
Why doesnt the gas on a gas giant planet escape into space?
For the same reason that our atmosphere on Earth does not escape into space - gravity.
Why using earth leads are helicopter refuelling time?
Earth leads protect the helicopter and refuller from static charge.
Why doesnt all of the suns energy make it to the earth?
-- Almost all of it misses the Earth, because the Earth is such a small target. -- A substantial amount of the tiny fraction that does score a direct hit on the Earth is absorbed by the atmosphere.
Why won't a helicopter that hovers for 12hrs end up on the other side of the earth when it lands 12hrs later?
The helicopter that is hovering over a place on the earth is n bound to the earth by the gravitational force of the earth. This gravitational attractive force on the helicopter is directed towards the center of the earth. As the earth rotates around itself the helicopter is pulled along with it. So the point directly below the earth's surface does not get displaced. Thus the helicopter cannot move away from the spot. For the helicopter to get itself free from the gravitational pull of the earth it has to be lifted to a height of millions of kilometers, where it cannot hover because a helicopter requires the presence of air to hover.
Was the atmosphere of the earth always mostly nitrogen and oxygen?
No, the Nitrogen in the air has probably always been there (because nitrogen is rather inert), but originally Earths atmosphere was reducing (it had no free Oxygen) and probably contained large amounts of CO2 and hydrocarbons. The present atmosphere on Earth is the product of biological processes which have slowly introduced free Oxygen into the Oceans and then the atmosphere - life made Earth habitable for life!
Did the earth's atmosphere always stayed the same?
no over time the atmosphere has changed cause if scientists look at the ice in Antarctica or the dirt in the ground then they always see the different colors cause they rep resent the different chemicals in the atmosphere i think
