What would happen if every person jumped at the same time?

What if we all jumped at once? Because people are spread somewhat equally around the planet's spherical surface , if we all jumped in place, nothing much would happen — all our lift-offs and impacts would cancel each other out, resulting in zero net force on the Earth, according to work by physicist Rhett Allain.
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What would happen if everyone on Earth jumped into the ocean at the same time?

The ground would begin to shake, and if the jump happened near the coast, it could trigger a tsunami with 100-feet-tall waves. The shaking could also lead to an earthquake falling in the 4-8 magnitude range.
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Do you move the earth when you jump?

Even the hardest bedrock is somewhat elastic. This means that when you jump, you don't actually exert a force on the entire earth at once. Being elastic, the entire earth does not accelerate all at once away from you when you jump. Instead, you just deform a tiny bit of earth right under your feet.
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Why do humans jump?

In jumping, we start from an equilibrium position, and we want to increase the vertical velocity of our CM by giving it a vertical acceleration. To do this, we activate our muscles.
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Why are Jumpscares scary?

A jump scare is a technique often used in horror films and video games, intended to scare the audience by surprising them with an abrupt change in image or event, usually co-occurring with a loud, jarring sound. The jump scare has been described as "one of the most basic building blocks of horror movies".
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What If Everyone JUMPED At Once?



Why do I jump when I'm scared?

The reason is because a fight-or-flight response unleashes powerful hormones that affect the entire body. When frightened, your body floods with the hormone adrenaline, skyrocketing your heart rate and blood pressure. The hormonal surge also causes your heart to pump blood more forcefully to the muscles.
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What happens if you fall in a black hole?

Of course, no matter what type of black hole you fall into, you're ultimately going to get torn apart by the extreme gravity. No material, especially fleshy human bodies, could survive intact. So once you pass beyond the edge of the event horizon, you're done. There's no getting out.
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Can you fall off the moon?

Although you can jump very high on the moon, you'll be happy to know that there's no need to worry about jumping all the way off into space. In fact, you'd need to be going very fast – more than 2 kilometres per second – to escape from the moon's surface.
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Can an astronaut get lost in space?

A total of 18 people have lost their lives either while in space or in preparation for a space mission, in four separate incidents. Given the risks involved in space flight, this number is surprisingly … low. The two worst disasters both involved NASA's space shuttle.
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Is Earth falling through space?

All objects in the universe are constantly falling. You fall to the earth every time you jump. You and the earth are constantly falling around the sun. You, the earth, and the sun are constantly falling around the center of the galaxy.
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What would happen if the Earth stops spinning?

At the Equator, the earth's rotational motion is at its fastest, about a thousand miles an hour. If that motion suddenly stopped, the momentum would send things flying eastward. Moving rocks and oceans would trigger earthquakes and tsunamis. The still-moving atmosphere would scour landscapes.
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What would happen if everyone in China jumped at the same time?

They would move the earth slightly, on average. All the people in china weigh about 1 billion * 60kg -> 60 billion kg or 60 million tonnes.
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What would happen if everyone ran in the same direction?

If the world's population all met in one place and all ran in the same direction, would this affect Earth's rotation? There would be no detectable effect on Earth's rotation, no matter how fast people accelerate when they start to run.
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What would happen if everything was free?

Namely: If everyone had to produce for free, there would be virtually nothing to buy. If everything had a price of zero, consumers would strive to fill their shopping carts with anything they could get their hands on. Producers, however, would basically stop working.
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What does the moon smell like?

After walking on the Moon astronauts hopped back into their lunar lander, bringing Moon dust with them. They were surprised, and perplexed, to find that it smelled like spent gunpowder.
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How cold is the moon?

The average temperature on the Moon (at the equator and mid latitudes) varies from -298 degrees Fahrenheit (-183 degrees Celsius), at night, to 224 degrees Fahrenheit (106 degrees Celsius) during the day.
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Can you fall of the Earth?

In fact you will feel weightless as you fall. The acceleration of gravity is 9.8m/s2 and the radius of the Earth is 6.378 million meters. This means that you would fall through the entire Earth in only 42 minutes!
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Would spaghettification hurt?

Either way, spaghettification leads to a painful conclusion. When the tidal forces exceed the elastic limits of your body, you'll snap apart at the weakest point, probably just above the hips. You'll see your lower half floating next to you, and you'll see it begin to stretch anew as tidal forces latch onto it.
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What happens if you enter a wormhole?

Most crucially, the maximum force of acceleration would not exceed 20g (or 20 times Earth's normal gravity at sea level). Incredibly, the wormhole traveler would only experience roughly a second from one side to the other. But, sadly, anyone not traveling with them would see thousands of years go by.
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Are wormholes real?

Wormholes are shortcuts in spacetime, popular with science fiction authors and movie directors. They've never been seen, but according to Einstein's general theory of relativity, they might exist.
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Why do our bodies jerk before we fall asleep?

It's normal for the muscles to relax, of course, but the brain gets confused. For a minute, it thinks you're falling. In response, the brain causes your muscles to tense as a way to "catch yourself" before falling down — and that makes your body jerk.
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Why do we jump when we fall in a dream?

As we give up our bodies to sleep, sudden twitches escape our brains, causing our arms and legs to jerk.
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Can you be scared to death?

The answer: yes, humans can be scared to death. In fact, any strong emotional reaction can trigger fatal amounts of a chemical, such as adrenaline, in the body. It happens very rarely, but it can happen to anyone.
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What is the scariest Jumpscare?

Halloween: the 23 greatest horror movie jump scares ever
  • What Lies Beneath (2000) ...
  • Mulholland Drive (2001) ...
  • The Descent (2005) ...
  • Drag Me To Hell (2009) ...
  • Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) ...
  • The Conjuring (2013) ...
  • It Follows (2015) ...
  • IT: Chapter One (2017) We conclude our list with a return to Stephen King territory.
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