If a fly is placed inside a vehicle and the vehicle starts moving, the fly remains stable as if its also flying at the same phase of the car, but if it is placed outside the car, it flies steadily.
2007-07-16 00:23:26 · 2 answers · asked by monicakryzelle_fortes 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
maybe it's even faster. this is relative to their size and displacement at time a given time. if a 1 cm fly flies to a distance of 2 meters in one second, this should be equivalent to a 3-meter car leaping to a distance 200 times its size in one second! unfortunately, speed of moving objects is usually measured in terms of distance traveled in unit time regardless of their size.
2007-07-16 01:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by amino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just goes to show speed is relative and depends on your perspective.
If you are riding in the car, the fly is flying at it's normal speed. If you are outside the car, it is flying as fast as the car, plus or minus the speed and direction of the fly's path.
It is no different for the fly than it is for you when you are in the car. You feel the initial acceleration as the car begins to move, but after that have no sense of movement unless you look out the window. Even then, you wouldn't be able to tell if you were moving or if the landscape is moving. Only your logical thinking tells you which is happening.
2007-07-16 09:01:00 · answer #2 · answered by Joan H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋