So my 7 year old sister asked this so technically not but how can i explain it to her Edit:She means in like the earth spinning
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The ground doesn’t move beneath you when you jump because you’re going the same speed as the planet. Everything on Earth is going at the same speed as its rotation and same speed it’s traveling through space.
It’s the same reason you can jump on a bus or an airplane and not move either. You’re accelerating at the same speed. However, if you jump and the bus speeds up or slows down, you do fall somewhere different. But the Earth doesn’t speed up or slow down, so you never feel it and you always fall in the same place.
The ground doesn’t move beneath you when you jump because you’re going the same speed as the planet. Everything on Earth is going at the same speed as its rotation and same speed it’s traveling through space.
It’s the same reason you can jump on a bus or an airplane and not move either. You’re accelerating at the same speed. However, if you jump and the bus speeds up or slows down, you do fall somewhere different. But the Earth doesn’t speed up or slow down, so you never feel it and you always fall in the same place.
Its the same reason you don’t move when you jump while standing on a train or in a bus. when you are standing on a train, your moving the same speed over the earth as the train. If you jump you dont just magically slow down. Same thing goes for the earth spinning/moving
Its the same reason you don’t move when you jump while standing on a train or in a bus. when you are standing on a train, your moving the same speed over the earth as the train. If you jump you dont just magically slow down. Same thing goes for the earth spinning/moving
Its the same reason you don’t move when you jump while standing on a train or in a bus. when you are standing on a train, your moving the same speed over the earth as the train. If you jump you dont just magically slow down. Same thing goes for the earth spinning/moving
The Earth does move when you jump, but you are traveling the same speed as the Earth’s rotation all the time. It only looks like you’re not moving from the perspective of standing on the earth.
If someone in space could watch you jump they would see you move with the Earth before, during, and after the jump.
Not only is the Earth spinning, but it is orbiting the Sun. The Solar system is traveling through space around the galaxy, and our galaxy is moving through space. We are always in motion.
Something else to consider is that we don’t sense movement. We sense changes in movement. That’s why sitting in a car and sitting on the couch feels the same.
Lastly motion and speed can only be calculated in relation to something else. As an example if you’re in a car travel at 50 mph, that means you are traveling at 50mph in relation to your starting position. You are still traveling at roughly 500k mph through space in relation to the Milky way galaxy. You just don’t feel it because it’s a constant speed.
The Earth does move when you jump, but you are traveling the same speed as the Earth’s rotation all the time. It only looks like you’re not moving from the perspective of standing on the earth.
If someone in space could watch you jump they would see you move with the Earth before, during, and after the jump.
Not only is the Earth spinning, but it is orbiting the Sun. The Solar system is traveling through space around the galaxy, and our galaxy is moving through space. We are always in motion.
Something else to consider is that we don’t sense movement. We sense changes in movement. That’s why sitting in a car and sitting on the couch feels the same.
Lastly motion and speed can only be calculated in relation to something else. As an example if you’re in a car travel at 50 mph, that means you are traveling at 50mph in relation to your starting position. You are still traveling at roughly 500k mph through space in relation to the Milky way galaxy. You just don’t feel it because it’s a constant speed.
Let’s take an everyday example.
We are riding in a car, speeding down the highway at 70mph. If we toss something (a ball?) softly up in the air, does it land right back in our hand? Or does it go spat against the back windshield, because when it lost contact with our hand it is supposed to fly backward at 70mph relative to the car?
So how does it work?
When the car is driving. Everything in the car, you, me, the ball, the air inside the car, are all going forward at the same speed. When we toss the ball upwards, we give it an upward force , but we didn’t change its forward speed. So the ball still kept going in the forward direction at the same speed as before, which is at the same speed as your hand. That’s why it can fall right back into your hand, as if the car was still.
Let’s take an everyday example.
We are riding in a car, speeding down the highway at 70mph. If we toss something (a ball?) softly up in the air, does it land right back in our hand? Or does it go spat against the back windshield, because when it lost contact with our hand it is supposed to fly backward at 70mph relative to the car?
So how does it work?
When the car is driving. Everything in the car, you, me, the ball, the air inside the car, are all going forward at the same speed. When we toss the ball upwards, we give it an upward force , but we didn’t change its forward speed. So the ball still kept going in the forward direction at the same speed as before, which is at the same speed as your hand. That’s why it can fall right back into your hand, as if the car was still.
Let’s take an everyday example.
We are riding in a car, speeding down the highway at 70mph. If we toss something (a ball?) softly up in the air, does it land right back in our hand? Or does it go spat against the back windshield, because when it lost contact with our hand it is supposed to fly backward at 70mph relative to the car?
So how does it work?
When the car is driving. Everything in the car, you, me, the ball, the air inside the car, are all going forward at the same speed. When we toss the ball upwards, we give it an upward force , but we didn’t change its forward speed. So the ball still kept going in the forward direction at the same speed as before, which is at the same speed as your hand. That’s why it can fall right back into your hand, as if the car was still.
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