Re: [Phys-l] Errata for FCI?

[brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

Then would you accept that if the Earth stopped rotating instantly, we 
might
all( or many...) fly off towards the  distant Eastern  horizon?    :-)

Brian W

On 11/3/2010 12:47 PM, chuck britton wrote:
> Similar popular misconception - if the earth stopped rotating - we
> would all fly off into space.
>
>
> At 12:41 PM -0400 11/3/10, Joseph Bellina wrote:
> > Regarding this particular question, I don't want to get into trying
> > to read the minds of the original authors.  However it is the case
> > that some students think that if there were no air pressure, the
> > object would float off the table.  The idea seems to be that things
> > in space are are weightless, so if there were no air, as in space,
> > there would be weight.
> > So perhaps they were trying to see if students would pick C to
> > determine if they carried this misconception.
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