7-1-I-search-Jose

= What does it take to feel the earth's movement? = by Jose

**Introduction**
What does it take to feel earth's rotation? First of all to figure out the answer for this question is that the earth is round. You have to know this because you have to know that nothing is completely straight because the earth is round. This topic is hard to explain. What I want to know is what is takes to feel the movement of the earth. There was once this little kid (about 7 yrs old) he was wondering, " supposedly to my science teacher the earth moves, so then why cant I feel the movement if the earth moves." this kid kept asking a lot of people and he never found out the answer. The kid happens to be my friend and he asked that same question to me. Then I had the same inquiry about that and I never found me answer. Now I have a chance to figure out that little stain in my brain wondering around for years. I think that this question is asked be many people but just that they are not curios enough to find the most wanted answer.

Search
On my research I found out that you can't tell whether if not if you are moving if you don't have a reference point. A reference point is an object that is not at motion and it helps you tell if you are moving or not. For example this tool helps a person who doesn't know how far you are into outer space. That person will automatically use the earth as reference point, that person would be able to tell if he or she is far away or still close to the earth by estimating the distance between the place were that person is located from the earth.

On my interview I found out that that my research was accurate. One of my questions to Mr.hofer was "what does it take to feel the earth rotation?" His answer was "all you need if you in the planet earth to feel earth's rotation you need a reference point in outer space. My main question was also answered; my question was that how fast the earth does rotates? Mr. hoofer said that the earth rotates about 1500mph on its axis. the teacher I interviewed also said that if you are at any of the poles (north or south) you really wont feel movement at all because the earth is spinning underneath you but if you are at the equator or any where far away from the poles, you will notice movement but of course you will need the help of a reference point.

Conclusion
What I learned in this I-search was that the earth does spin. My question was answered fully, the earth spins at about 1500mph and to notice the movement it is needed a reference point. The earth spins around the sun and it takes 360 days to do that but the earth spins by itself in 24hours and at about 3500mph. the spinning of the earth is what gives us daytime and nighttime. my inquiry really started from the curiosity of what gives us daytime and nighttime’s I learned that the earth spins at a certain speed and that, the spin is what gives us day and night time.

**Work Cited**
====Russel, Randy. "The Earth's Rotation." __Window to the Universe__. 13 Jan. 2005. 25 Apr. 2008 <[|http://www.window.vcars.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/earth2.html&edu=mid>.]====

Odenwald, Sten. "What is the Speed of Earth's Rotation?" __Ask the Space Scientist__. 25 Apr. 2008 http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/a10840.html.
====Odenwald, Sten. "Has the Earth's Rotation Ever Speeded Up in the Past." __Ask the Scientist__. 25 Apr. 2008 <[|http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/a11520/html>.]====