We would like to start our answer by saying that we're sure you realize that this could never happen. The Earth has mass, just like every other solid object does (including you). It is the Earth's mass that causes it to have gravity, and so in order to not have gravity the Earth would have to not have mass. But if the Earth didn't have mass, it wouldn't be there anymore!Having said that, though, let's now imagine that we could magically turn off the gravity while leaving the Earth behind. What would happen to the things on Earth depends on how they are attached. As you know, the Earth is rotating at quite a speed (you're moving at over a thousand miles per hour at the equator due to the Earth's rotation alone). Now if you spin something around your head on a string, it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies off in a straight line. If the circle is very big, then at first the straight line is almost the same as the circle -- however, after a short amount of time, the two paths will be very different, since the circle bends around but the straight line does not."Switching off" gravity is analogous to letting go of the string. Things not attached to the Earth in any other way would fly off into space in a straight line that would take them away from the surface of the Earth. In buildings, people would start floating gently upwards until they bumped into the ceiling. Outdoors, however (or in buildings with GIANT ceilings), things would start floating away from the Earth gently but eventually go much faster, as their straight lines took them farther and farther away from the circular path that the spinning Earth takes. The Earth's atmosphere itself would also float off into space, for the same reason! Some things (like trees and most buildings) are rooted into the Earth. They would not fly off because they are being held down. In fact, the force you would need to hold on and keep yourself from flying away from the Earth is very weak, only about 0.3% as strong as the force of gravity (and even weaker away from the equator). However, things which are holding on to the Earth would eventually have problems too -- the Earth itself would most likely break apart into chunks and float off into space, since it is only held together by gravity also!Anyway, we hope that you enjoyed the answer. Like we said to start with, though, you should remember that this could never happened.
Gravity is one of those things we take completely for granted. If the Earth's gravity were ever to change significantly, it would have a huge effect on nearly everything because so many things are designed around the current state of gravity. Everything on the earth stays in place because of gravity. If gravity wasn’t there, all living and non living thing would be floating around. Two of the more important things held on the ground by gravity are the atmosphere and the water in the oceans, lakes and rivers. Without gravity, the air in the atmosphere has no reason to hang around, and it would immediately leap into space. the moon would also fly off into space as it has no gravity of its own. The moon doesn't have enough gravity to keep an atmosphere around it, so it's in a near vacuum. Without an atmosphere, any living thing would die immediately and anything liquid would boil away into space. By mustansir huzaifa saifuddin
If the earth loses gravity only high density elements will remain. The rest,water, atmosphere, organic and inorganic inhabitants of earth surface, will fall apart in to open space.Such a thing won't happen, so the following is very hypothetical. We would quickly drift into space, and Earth itself would be torn apart due to its rotation.People and objects would be floating around everywhere and also if the earth didn't have gravity,we would be lighter than we would if the the earth DID have gravity.which it does.There's no known reason why anything should happen to Earth's gravity, and nothing is expected to.The earth would not rotate.We float.If the earth had no gravity,any object on the earth would have stood no more on the earth.each object would float.No. Every object has a gravitational field. Even you and I. Obviously, because we are very small in relation to a planet, our gravitational field is small. The bigger the object the bigger its field of gravity. Huge planets like Saturn and Jupiter have enormous fields of gravity. The only way for the earth to lose its gravity would be if it became microscopically small.
Gravity has to do with mass. The more mass that an object has, the greater it's gravity is. Therefore, the only way for Earth to lose all of it's gravity, would be for it to be instantly turned to nothing. For example, a star millions of light years away still has a gravitational influence on the Earth, though the effect is infinitely tiny. Mercury, the planet is smaller than Titan, a moon of Saturn, yet it has much greater gravity due to the fact that Mercury is denser and contains more mass. Mars has 1/3rd Earth's gravity, yet is 1/2 Earth's size. This has to do with the lesser amount of Mass present on Mars.
We would like to start our answer by saying that we're sure you realize that this could never happen. The Earth has mass, just like every other solid object does (including you). It is the Earth's mass that causes it to have gravity, and so in order to not have gravity the Earth would have to not have mass. But if the Earth didn't have mass, it wouldn't be there anymore!
Having said that, though, let's now imagine that we could magically turn off the gravity while leaving the Earth behind. What would happen to the things on Earth depends on how they are attached. As you know, the Earth is rotating at quite a speed (you're moving at over a thousand miles per hour at the equator due to the Earth's rotation alone). Now if you spin something around your head on a string, it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies off in a straight line. If the circle is very big, then at first the straight line is almost the same as the circle -- however, after a short amount of time, the two paths will be very different, since the circle bends around but the straight line does not.
"Switching off" gravity is analogous to letting go of the string. Things not attached to the Earth in any other way would fly off into space in a straight line that would take them away from the surface of the Earth. In buildings, people would start floating gently upwards until they bumped into the ceiling. Outdoors, however (or in buildings with GIANT ceilings), things would start floating away from the Earth gently but eventually go much faster, as their straight lines took them farther and farther away from the circular path that the spinning Earth takes. The Earth's atmosphere itself would also float off into space, for the same reason! Some things (like trees and most buildings) are rooted into the Earth. They would not fly off because they are being held down. In fact, the force you would need to hold on and keep yourself from flying away from the Earth is very weak, only about 0.3% as strong as the force of gravity (and even weaker away from the equator). However, things which are holding on to the Earth would eventually have problems too -- the Earth itself would most likely break apart into chunks and float off into space, since it is only held together by gravity also!
Gravity is one of those things we take completely for granted. And there are two things about it that we take for granted: the fact that it is always there, and the fact that it never changes. If the Earth's gravity were ever to change significantly, it would have a huge effect on nearly everything because so many things are designed around the current state of gravity. Before looking at changes in gravity however, it is helpful to first understand what gravity is. Gravity is an attractive force between any two atoms. Let's say you take two golf balls and place them on a table. There will be an incredibly slight gravitational attraction between the atoms in those two golf balls. If you use two massive pieces of lead and some amazingly precise instruments, you can actually measure an infinitesimal attraction between them. It is only when you get an gigantic number of atoms together, as in the case of the planet Earth, that the force of gravitational attraction is significant.The reason why gravity on Earth never changes is because the mass of the Earth never changes. The only way to suddenly change the gravity on Earth would be to change the mass of the planet. A change in mass great enough to result in a change in gravity isn't going to happen any time soon.
If the earth loses gravity eventually it will not have anything on the ground or on the surface of the earth such as trees,houses and everything including people they all will float gently. just think what will happen to the people who are living in building people would start floating gently upwards until they bumped into the ceiling. Outdoors, however (or in buildings with GIANT ceilings), things would start floating away from the Earth gently but eventually go much faster.
If the Earth's gravity were ever to change significantly, it would have a huge effect on nearly everything because so many things are designed around the current state of gravity. If the Earth's gravity were ever to change significantly, it would have a huge effect on nearly everything because so many things are designed around the current state of gravity. If the Earth's gravity were ever to change significantly, it would have a huge effect on nearly everything because so many things are designed around the current state of gravity. The earth I'd imagine would wobble out of control and orbit itself right into the sun or SLAM into the moon and other cosmic objects floating around in space. The Earth has mass, just like every other solid object. It is the Earth's mass that causes it to have gravity, and so in order to not have gravity the Earth would have to not have mass. But if the Earth didn't have mass, it wouldn't be there anymore! Atmosphere is attracted to the earth by gravity. So if there would be no gravity, there would be no atmosphere. And if there is no atmosphere there would be no oxygen for us to breathe!
In a world without gravity, one would be weightless, but always nauseous. Because of this, it would be very difficult to complete a lot of your daily activities without throwing up. If you tried to eat something while you and your food are floating around, you will probably have a lot of trouble trying to hold your food down. In 0-g, life would be very hard
Gravity doesn't "only happen on Earth" - Gravity happens all over the whole universe. Gravity is what keeps all the planets orbiting the Sun - and it is what keeps our solar system orbiting within the Milky Way galaxy, and that whole galaxy is itself subjected to the gravitational pull of all other bodies in the universe. Every body - be it a star or a pea - exerts a gravitational force on every other body in the universe. Gravity is a property of matter - everything has it. Gravity is weaker in some places - such as on the Moon where it is one-sixth as powerful as on Earth, but that is due to the composition of the Moon.
If the Earth suddenly didn't have any gravity the first thing to happen would be its effect on the atmosphere. At the moment, the atmosphere is being compressed by its own weight and squashed down onto the Earth. The first thing that would happen is that the atmosphere would expand very quickly and fly out everywhere. That might blow you up into space. If it wasn't for that, there would be any reason for you to be thrown away from the Earth. You'd just sit there and slowly get pushes around. So you have a huge explosion with all the atmosphere disappearing, and this could possibly blow you up into the air.
We would like to start our answer by saying that we're sure you realize that this could never happen. The Earth has mass, just like every other solid object does (including you). It is the Earth's mass that causes it to have gravity, and so in order to not have gravity the Earth would have to not have mass. But if the Earth didn't have mass, it wouldn't be there anymore!Having said that, though, let's now imagine that we could magically turn off the gravity while leaving the Earth behind. What would happen to the things on Earth depends on how they are attached. As you know, the Earth is rotating at quite a speed (you're moving at over a thousand miles per hour at the equator due to the Earth's rotation alone). Now if you spin something around your head on a string, it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies off in a straight line. If the circle is very big, then at first the straight line is almost the same as the circle -- however, after a short amount of time, the two paths will be very different, since the circle bends around but the straight line does not."Switching off" gravity is analogous to letting go of the string. Things not attached to the Earth in any other way would fly off into space in a straight line that would take them away from the surface of the Earth. In buildings, people would start floating gently upwards until they bumped into the ceiling. Outdoors, however (or in buildings with GIANT ceilings), things would start floating away from the Earth gently but eventually go much faster, as their straight lines took them farther and farther away from the circular path that the spinning Earth takes. The Earth's atmosphere itself would also float off into space, for the same reason! Some things (like trees and most buildings) are rooted into the Earth. They would not fly off because they are being held down. In fact, the force you would need to hold on and keep yourself from flying away from the Earth is very weak, only about 0.3% as strong as the force of gravity (and even weaker away from the equator). However, things which are holding on to the Earth would eventually have problems too -- the Earth itself would most likely break apart into chunks and float off into space, since it is only held together by gravity also!Anyway, we hope that you enjoyed the answer. Like we said to start with, though, you should remember that this could never happened.
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ReplyDeleteGravity is one of those things we take completely for granted. If the Earth's gravity were ever to change significantly, it would have a huge effect on nearly everything because so many things are designed around the current state of gravity.
ReplyDeleteEverything on the earth stays in place because of gravity. If gravity wasn’t there, all living and non living thing would be floating around. Two of the more important things held on the ground by gravity are the atmosphere and the water in the oceans, lakes and rivers. Without gravity, the air in the atmosphere has no reason to hang around, and it would immediately leap into space. the moon would also fly off into space as it has no gravity of its own. The moon doesn't have enough gravity to keep an atmosphere around it, so it's in a near vacuum. Without an atmosphere, any living thing would die immediately and anything liquid would boil away into space.
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If the earth loses gravity only high density elements will remain. The rest,water, atmosphere, organic and inorganic inhabitants of earth surface, will fall apart in to open space.Such a thing won't happen, so the following is very hypothetical. We would quickly drift into space, and Earth itself would be torn apart due to its rotation.People and objects would be floating around everywhere and also if the earth didn't have gravity,we would be lighter than we would if the the earth DID have gravity.which it does.There's no known reason why anything should happen to Earth's gravity, and nothing is expected to.The earth would not rotate.We float.If the earth had no gravity,any object on the earth would have stood no more on the earth.each object would float.No. Every object has a gravitational field. Even you and I. Obviously, because we are very small in relation to a planet, our gravitational field is small. The bigger the object the bigger its field of gravity. Huge planets like Saturn and Jupiter have enormous fields of gravity. The only way for the earth to lose its gravity would be if it became microscopically small.
ReplyDeleteGravity has to do with mass. The more mass that an object has, the greater it's gravity is. Therefore, the only way for Earth to lose all of it's gravity, would be for it to be instantly turned to nothing. For example, a star millions of light years away still has a gravitational influence on the Earth, though the effect is infinitely tiny.
ReplyDeleteMercury, the planet is smaller than Titan, a moon of Saturn, yet it has much greater gravity due to the fact that Mercury is denser and contains more mass. Mars has 1/3rd Earth's gravity, yet is 1/2 Earth's size. This has to do with the lesser amount of Mass present on Mars.
We would like to start our answer by saying that we're sure you realize that this could never happen. The Earth has mass, just like every other solid object does (including you). It is the Earth's mass that causes it to have gravity, and so in order to not have gravity the Earth would have to not have mass. But if the Earth didn't have mass, it wouldn't be there anymore!
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, though, let's now imagine that we could magically turn off the gravity while leaving the Earth behind. What would happen to the things on Earth depends on how they are attached. As you know, the Earth is rotating at quite a speed (you're moving at over a thousand miles per hour at the equator due to the Earth's rotation alone). Now if you spin something around your head on a string, it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies off in a straight line. If the circle is very big, then at first the straight line is almost the same as the circle -- however, after a short amount of time, the two paths will be very different, since the circle bends around but the straight line does not.
"Switching off" gravity is analogous to letting go of the string. Things not attached to the Earth in any other way would fly off into space in a straight line that would take them away from the surface of the Earth. In buildings, people would start floating gently upwards until they bumped into the ceiling. Outdoors, however (or in buildings with GIANT ceilings), things would start floating away from the Earth gently but eventually go much faster, as their straight lines took them farther and farther away from the circular path that the spinning Earth takes. The Earth's atmosphere itself would also float off into space, for the same reason! Some things (like trees and most buildings) are rooted into the Earth. They would not fly off because they are being held down. In fact, the force you would need to hold on and keep yourself from flying away from the Earth is very weak, only about 0.3% as strong as the force of gravity (and even weaker away from the equator). However, things which are holding on to the Earth would eventually have problems too -- the Earth itself would most likely break apart into chunks and float off into space, since it is only held together by gravity also!
Gravity is one of those things we take completely for granted. And there are two things about it that we take for granted: the fact that it is always there, and the fact that it never changes. If the Earth's gravity were ever to change significantly, it would have a huge effect on nearly everything because so many things are designed around the current state of gravity.
ReplyDeleteBefore looking at changes in gravity however, it is helpful to first understand what gravity is. Gravity is an attractive force between any two atoms. Let's say you take two golf balls and place them on a table. There will be an incredibly slight gravitational attraction between the atoms in those two golf balls. If you use two massive pieces of lead and some amazingly precise instruments, you can actually measure an infinitesimal attraction between them. It is only when you get an gigantic number of atoms together, as in the case of the planet Earth, that the force of gravitational attraction is significant.The reason why gravity on Earth never changes is because the mass of the Earth never changes. The only way to suddenly change the gravity on Earth would be to change the mass of the planet. A change in mass great enough to result in a change in gravity isn't going to happen any time soon.
If the earth loses gravity eventually it will not have anything on the ground or on the surface of the earth such as trees,houses and everything including people they all will float gently. just think what will happen to the people who are living in building people would start floating gently upwards until they bumped into the ceiling. Outdoors, however (or in buildings with GIANT ceilings), things would start floating away from the Earth gently but eventually go much faster.
ReplyDeleteIf the Earth's gravity were ever to change significantly, it would have a huge effect on nearly everything because so many things are designed around the current state of gravity. If the Earth's gravity were ever to change significantly, it would have a huge effect on nearly everything because so many things are designed around the current state of gravity. If the Earth's gravity were ever to change significantly, it would have a huge effect on nearly everything because so many things are designed around the current state of gravity.
ReplyDeleteThe earth I'd imagine would wobble out of control and orbit itself right into the sun or SLAM into the moon and other cosmic objects floating around in space.
The Earth has mass, just like every other solid object. It is the Earth's mass that causes it to have gravity, and so in order to not have gravity the Earth would have to not have mass. But if the Earth didn't have mass, it wouldn't be there anymore!
Atmosphere is attracted to the earth by gravity. So if there would be no gravity, there would be no atmosphere. And if there is no atmosphere there would be no oxygen for us to breathe!
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ReplyDeleteIn a world without gravity, one would be weightless, but always nauseous. Because of this, it would be very difficult to complete a lot of your daily activities without throwing up. If you tried to eat something while you and your food are floating around, you will probably have a lot of trouble trying to hold your food down. In 0-g, life would be very hard
ReplyDeleteGravity doesn't "only happen on Earth" - Gravity happens all over the whole universe. Gravity is what keeps all the planets orbiting the Sun - and it is what keeps our solar system orbiting within the Milky Way galaxy, and that whole galaxy is itself subjected to the gravitational pull of all other bodies in the universe. Every body - be it a star or a pea - exerts a gravitational force on every other body in the universe. Gravity is a property of matter - everything has it. Gravity is weaker in some places - such as on the Moon where it is one-sixth as powerful as on Earth, but that is due to the composition of the Moon.
ReplyDeleteIf the Earth suddenly didn't have any gravity the first thing to happen would be its effect on the atmosphere. At the moment, the atmosphere is being compressed by its own weight and squashed down onto the Earth. The first thing that would happen is that the atmosphere would expand very quickly and fly out everywhere. That might blow you up into space. If it wasn't for that, there would be any reason for you to be thrown away from the Earth. You'd just sit there and slowly get pushes around. So you have a huge explosion with all the atmosphere disappearing, and this could possibly blow you up into the air.
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