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Earth off its Axis
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If it were possible for all the organisms to jump simultaneously at the north pole would the Earth move off its axis?
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If it were possible for all the organisms to jump simultaneously at the north pole would the Earth move off its axis?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If they all jumped at the North Pole, that would have no effect on the orientation of the axis, since the force produced by their jumping would be parallel to the axis.
Even if they jumped in a direction perpendicular to the axis, the combined mass of all the organisms on earth is negligibly small compared with the mass of the Earth, (which is approximately 6 x10 ^24 kg.)There would be no measurable effect.
Even if they jumped in a direction perpendicular to the axis, the combined mass of all the organisms on earth is negligibly small compared with the mass of the Earth, (which is approximately 6 x10 ^24 kg.)There would be no measurable effect.
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