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How does the ocean affect gravity?
“The bottom line is, when ocean currents shift mass around rapidly, it causes changes in gravity, which in turn affects sea level,” said Nadya Vinogradova of the Cambridge Climate Institute in Massachusetts.
How does gravity hold the ocean?
Gravity is what holds the planets in orbit around the sun and what keeps the moon in orbit around Earth. The gravitational pull of the moon pulls the seas towards it, causing the ocean tides.
How does water affect Earth’s gravity?
Gravity is the force of attraction between two objects, and Earth’s gravity pulls matter downward, toward its center. It pulls precipitation down from clouds and pulls water downhill. Gravity also moves air and ocean water. Gravity pulls denser air and water downward, forcing less dense air and water to move upward.
Does gravity pull on the ocean?
Gravity and inertia act in opposition on the Earth’s oceans, creating tidal bulges on opposite sites of the planet. On the “near” side of the Earth (the side facing the moon), the gravitational force of the moon pulls the ocean’s waters toward it, creating one bulge.
How much gravity is in the ocean?
Earth pulls on the ocean with a surface gravity of 9.8 m/s^2.
How much gravity is at the bottom of the ocean?
9983, so the gravity at the bottom of the trench is 99.83\% as strong as it is at the surface, giving an acceleration of 9.790 m/s2, vs the standard 9.807.
Can birds fly in 0 gravity?
Again, I suppose my answer to you would be: Yes, a bird can technically still fly in zero gravity. Even while everything can technically float in zero gravity, birds would be still much more viable at controlling themselves mid-air with their wings.
What creates Earth’s gravity?
Earth’s gravity comes from all its mass. All its mass makes a combined gravitational pull on all the mass in your body. That’s what gives you weight. And if you were on a planet with less mass than Earth, you would weigh less than you do here.
Why the sea water doesn’t fall off?
It is due to gravity that the sea water doesn’t fall off.
What would happen to water if there was no gravity?
Without gravity, the water in oceans, rivers and lakes would disappear, leaving Earth with no water supply. Two of the more important things held on the ground by gravity are the atmosphere and the water in the oceans, lakes and rivers.
Does the moon affect water?
High tides and low tides are caused by the moon. The moon’s gravitational pull generates something called the tidal force. The tidal force causes Earth—and its water—to bulge out on the side closest to the moon and the side farthest from the moon. These bulges of water are high tides.
Why do we have 2 high tides a day?
Because the Earth rotates through two tidal “bulges” every lunar day, coastal areas experience two high and two low tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes. This occurs because the moon revolves around the Earth in the same direction that the Earth is rotating on its axis.