People living at Earth’s equator are traveling at a constant speed of about 1,670 km/h as Earth spins on its axis. What are these people experiencing?
A. deceleration
B. non-directional movement
C. acceleration
D. constant velocity
The people living around the equator experience acceleration. Acceleration is the change in speed or/and direction. When on a rotating body, the speed does not change it is only the direction that changes as it rotates.When on a rotating body you do not have to change speed but only direction. In a normal situation when you are traveling on a circle you will never have a straight line.
