What happens when you drop something on the bus?

relativity relativity

Bus, Earth, and penny all move at the same velocity. When you drop the penny on the bus it looks like it’s falling straight down. If you’re an observer, though, watching the penny it will fall at a diagonal.

It’s moving at the speed of the bus when it drops.

The word your teacher is looking for is “inertia”.

I’ve always liked discussing this topic, especially when it’s done solely to take the piss out of somebody and hear their explanation of why it doesn’t move. Many people will (incorrectly) say that it is because there is no wind passing through the bus.

@beautifulbobby193 Many people will (incorrectly) say that it is because there is no wind passing through the bus.

Those people have not been on a bus in rural Mexico – have they?

This might help too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault_pendulum