world science
2007-01-18 11:29:50 · 9 answers · asked by David O 1 in Environment
not at all
earth weighs 5970000000000000000000000 kilograms and the weight of 6.5 billion people jumping isnt not going to have any affect at all.
2007-01-18 11:33:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, by some extremely small amount because all the people weigh much less than the Earth. And after everyone landed again the Earth would go back to the way it was before everyone jumped. It is like trying to move a row boat without a paddle, just by walking back and forth in the boat. As you walk forward, the boat moves back. As soon as you stop walking, maybe because you reached the end of the boat, the boat stops moving. When you walk back to where you started, the boat moves back to where you started. It is a concept called conservation of momentum.
2007-01-18 20:04:35 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My physics says not a chance. Take a falling elevator if you knew when it was going to hit the first floor at about 120MPH, and you jumped up about four feet what would happen. Here is a good one.
Say a plane has a cargo that consist of 50 pound of large birds in a cage. If they escaped and started to "fly" around the cargo compartment would the plane weight 50 lb. less.
2007-01-18 19:42:57 · answer #3 · answered by virginiamayoaunt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fortunately, the only axis that would be affected by this, were it ever to happen, is the axis of evil. it is a strange geological phenomenon that syria, iran and north korea lie on a fault line that can only become active with the impact of ca. 5 billion people simultaneously descending on the earth's surface. gw bush is aware of this but prefers to threaten to bomb the countries out of existence instead, mistrusting the world population's desire to comply in such an experiment.
2007-01-18 19:38:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the population of the planet spread around the surface as it is, no. The effect from each side, while perhaps not equal, would be in any way close to affecting the planet's motion.
2007-01-18 20:08:30 · answer #5 · answered by Daremo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but the landing would
world jump day
--to prevent global warming--
based on myth debunked by
"the straight dope"...
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/comments/2553/
2007-01-18 19:43:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it. The earth is super strong !
2007-01-18 19:37:24 · answer #7 · answered by Starfish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. The earth is strong!
2007-01-18 19:35:22 · answer #8 · answered by AD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There would be no effect at all on the planet.
2007-01-18 19:33:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋