Eli5: If the earth is spinning at 1000mph how come when we jump up in a straight line we don’t end up in a different place on the ground?

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Eli5: If the earth is spinning at 1000mph how come when we jump up in a straight line we don’t end up in a different place on the ground?

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Atmoshphere kinda puts us in a quasi snowglobe, kind of like when your on a airplane your not all thrusted to the back of the airplane. Tho if you stopped the earth or the atmosphere we would have serious issues.

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