People living at the earths equator are traveling at a speed of about 167 km/h as earth spins on its axis. Are these people being accellerated? explain!!!
2007-04-26 12:36:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Acceleration is a *change* in velocity. People living on the equator experience a constant velocity, not acceleration.
2007-04-26 14:21:22 · answer #1 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone and everything at the equator is traveling at the same speed, approx. 1,000 mph. People travel with the Earth because of gravity & friction. Gravity pulls objects in the direction of the Earth's core, and there is sufficient friction between their feet and the ground, so the Earth doesn't go whizzing by underneath them.
They are no longer "accelerating" (meanint to increase in velocity), but they are traveling at a constant speed that matches the Earth.
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2007-04-26 15:25:35 · answer #2 · answered by Stratman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone on earth is being accelerated by earth's gravity. If the earth's surface weren't here to keep us still, we would accelerate towards the center at 32 feet per second per second. For proof of this, step off a building.
2007-04-26 14:36:46 · answer #3 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-13 18:53:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, on a plane perpendicular to the earth's surface (gravity).
2007-04-26 12:45:41 · answer #5 · answered by Kenneth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can u awnser my question and i can awnser yours?
yes because they are traveling and erth sipns on its axis
2007-04-26 12:46:51 · answer #6 · answered by brownsuagr569 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋