I mean the total weight of the earth including everything that's in it.
2007-01-21 03:34:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Earth loses a very tiny amount of mass when spacecraft, such as the Vikings and Cassini, leave the planet permanently. The multiplication of earthlings does not alter the mass of Earth (assuming we count the atmosphere as part of the planet's mass). Biological processes simply redistribute mass. For example, we get our mass directly or indirectly from plants, which get their mass, via photosynthesis, from carbon dioxide and water.
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2007-01-21 03:45:22 · answer #1 · answered by daryl 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because there's still continuous infall of debris from outer space, most of it in the form of dust, the weight of the Earth is still increasing.
2007-01-21 03:40:17 · answer #2 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
About 30,000 to 40,000 TONS of dust and rock from space fall on the Earth every year.
2007-01-21 03:45:46 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
With so many of us on it, sh**ting and generating garbage, of course the weight of the earth increases!!!
2007-01-21 03:39:02 · answer #4 · answered by markos m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think increasing. people keep being born. and then dying. and think of all the trash generated by just one person... on the other hand...it could be decrease. we keep taking everything out too (oil, steel, iron, gold, diamonds, ect)!!!
2007-01-21 05:44:29 · answer #5 · answered by kol m 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋