2007-05-31 09:15:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
There is debris from (meteorites) to Earth all the time, so Earth is actually constantly gaining mass, around a million kilograms a day!
2007-05-31 09:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by kris 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Caleb T is almost right, but he forgot one thing. According to his particular mythology, 6000 years ago there were only two people. Now there are 6 billion. Sure, their bodies have to follow the rules of conservation of mass, but 6 billion souls in those bodies would have to add some weight, right? Then on the other hand, all that water in the firmament (solid glass-like sky) before Noah's Flood must have weighed a bunch, but it's not around today, so maybe the Earth is lighter. I wonder if souls are as dense as water? Maybe Jeebus makes souls out of the water, and that's where it all went! I bet it ties in with the time he walked on water. And the water into wine thing- maybe that's why Jeebus said that wine does a soul good!
Drinks are on Caleb tonight!
2007-05-31 19:02:19 · answer #2 · answered by Boris Badenov 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Mater" the stuff that makes up..well every thing.. can not be destroyed or created..so In the past 6,000 years very small changes caused by meteors and stuff but through the natural cycle of live..no..the weight stays the same..keep in mind that mater can not be made.. I appreciate the fact that you said..Since the world was "created"...I know some other people with a lower IQ would have said "formed"..and that would have been wrong....I hope this helps
2007-05-31 16:31:31 · answer #3 · answered by cttaylor01 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Meteorites add some mass, while components of the atmosphere evaproate to space and subtract mass. Both processes are miniscule, and the total mass of the earth remains the same to within our ability to measure it.
2007-05-31 16:41:04 · answer #4 · answered by ZikZak 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely a gain as earths gravity pulls everything in. As for the gross increase in mass, not much as the earth is only about 6,000 to 10,000 thousand years old.
2007-06-01 21:38:43 · answer #5 · answered by simalloy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Small additions have come from meteorites, and small losses have come from launching spacecraft. I would think that the net gain is higher, since meteorites have been falling for millions of years.
2007-05-31 16:19:33 · answer #6 · answered by JLynes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How would we know if there is no way to weigh the world anyway? yes, there can be theories, but how can we know for sure? If an astronaut can go to Mars and weigh 300 lbs, he becomes weightLESS, so what does that mean in terms of weighing the world?
2007-05-31 16:53:42 · answer #7 · answered by Shady 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lost weight of course! Erosion is the best diet ever!
2007-05-31 16:17:40 · answer #8 · answered by Andrea 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are tons of rocks that fall into our atmosphere every night.
2007-05-31 18:11:27 · answer #9 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Entropy dictates that it has lost weight
2007-05-31 16:48:56 · answer #10 · answered by Big K 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋