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What explains why the earth does not move toward you when you jump in the air?
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∙ 9y ago
The Earth has a greater mass than you do. It certainly moves towards you, but much less than you do. This can be explained by Conservation of Momentum, or equivalently, by Newton's Second Laws and Newton's Third Law. (By the Second Law, Earth's force on you is the same as your force on the Earth. By the Third Law, the effect on a larger mass, of the same force, is less.)
Technically, as you jump up, the Earth is pushed down; as you come down, the Earth moves up (and meets you). But you weight little and the Earth weighs much more -- so don't expect to see any movement. Besides the Earth is less of a whole than you are. For instance, in a canoe, you jump out to the right. The canoe (and some water -- read "and some of the Earth") move to the left.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 14y agoBecause the acceleration of a mass with a force on it is inversely proportional to the mass of the mass.
That means that if you have a mass of (1) sitting next to a mass of (1 million), and you push both
of them with the same force, the little mass will accelerate 1 million times as much as the big mass.
The earth's mass is about 59,700,000,000,000,000,000,000 times as much as your mass.
So when you jump away from the ground, the ground also jumps away from you,
but the ground moves away that many times slower.
And when you stop rising and start falling to the ground, the ground also starts falling to you,
but the ground falls that many times slower.
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How does gravity make something move across the surface of earth?
the pull of earth's gravity makes any objects fall to the ground.As the moon goes around earth, its gravity pulls on earth causing water in the oceans to move toward the moon.Earths gravity also pulls on the moon.
Why do earthquakes start at all?
That heat from the earth's mantle causes the tectonic or lithospheric plates of the earth's crust to move away or toward each other is the reason why earthquakes start.
Heat from the earths center flows toward the suface because why?
Heat from the Earth rises to the surface because heat rises. Heat rises because it is energy and the atoms are looking for more space to move freely in.
Why does polaris not move if earth rotates around sun?
it does move
What force causes the earth to orbit the sun?
the force to move the world entire 9 planets including the earth is called gravity learn science please. _____________________________________________ NOTHING "forces" the Earth to move in its orbit; it is a falling rock. The Earth falls freely STRAIGHT through space at a little over 67,000 miles per hour, and the Sun's gravity pulls the Earth in toward the Sun. Stable Orbits like this are a careful balance of inertia, which keeps the Moon going straight, and gravity, which pulls the Moon straight in. Together, they keep the Earth freely falling in an ellipse around the Sun.
Why the earth does not move when i jump on the surface of it?
the earth is too large to move
If you jump do the water on the other side of the earth move?
NO. The Earth is way too vast for that to happen.
What is the name of the theory that explains how forces within the earth can cause ocean floor to spread and continents to move?
Theory of plate tectonics explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move
What is the name of the theory that explains how forces deep within earth can cause floors to spread and continents to move?
Theory of plate tectonics explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move
What is the theory that explains how large pieces of the earth's outermost layer move and change?
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What is the name of the theory that explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continent to move?
Theory of plate tectonics explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move
What is the name of the theory that explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move?
Theory of plate tectonics explains how forces deep within earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move
What explains the movement of the Earth?
The earth's crust moves because the earth has tectonic plates that move because the magma under the earth's surface is constantly boiling. Since the water moves, it causes the earth's crust to move.
Why do things move toward earth but not toward people?
Because Earth's gravitational pull is far greater than any gravitational pull possessed by humans..
Does the temperature of earth get colder the closer you move toward the core?
No. It gets hotter.
What is the natural force that causes an object move toward the center of Earth?
gravity
What explains the theory of plate tectonics?
the theory explains how Earth's plates form and move. it also explains how plates interact ,producing volcanoes,mountain range ,earthquakes,and featurs of the ocean floor
