2006-06-21 02:56:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Nope, and it does not even look flat. If it were flat, you could, with a powerful enough telescope, look at the Rocky Mountains from a sky scraper in New York. Instead, the Earth's surface slowly curves perceptually downward causing objects at a distance to eventualy disapear below the horizon.
2006-06-21 03:03:11 · answer #1 · answered by Databit42 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth is not flat... Haha! However, some economists say the earth is turning flat due to the development of information technology as well as world wide web. It connects ppl together. I'm in Vietnam & have never been to the Africa. But via the Net, I can see what's really happening there
2006-06-21 03:04:57 · answer #2 · answered by à¹? (¯`v´¯)iChAi à¹? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope....The expression figure of the Earth has various meanings in geodesy according to the way it is used and the precision with which the Earth's size and shape is to be defined. The actual topographic surface is most apparent with its variety of land forms and water areas. This is, in fact, the surface on which actual Earth measurements are made.
Since the Earth is in fact flattened slightly at the poles and bulges somewhat at the equator, the geometrical figure used in geodesy to most nearly approximate the shape of the Earth is an ellipsoid of revolution. The ellipsoid of revolution is the figure which would be obtained by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis. An ellipsoid of revolution describing the figure of the Earth is called a reference ellipsoid.
An ellipsoid of revolution is uniquely defined by specifying two dimensions. Geodesists, by convention, use the semimajor axis and flattening. The size is represented by the radius at the equator—the semimajor axis—and designated by the letter a. The shape of the ellipsoid is given by the flattening, f, which indicates how closely the ellipsoid approaches a spherical shape. The difference between the reference ellipsoid representing the Earth and a sphere is very small, only one part in 300 approximately.
2006-06-21 04:26:42 · answer #3 · answered by Monica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earth is not flat, actually it is not round either, because it bulges around the Equator.
2006-06-21 03:00:52 · answer #4 · answered by Not_Here 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
The earth is flat. There's no such thing as global warming, and the moon landing was actually staged at Area 51.
2006-06-21 03:00:38 · answer #5 · answered by ratboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a bit flat near the poles.
2006-06-21 02:59:21 · answer #6 · answered by Konrad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the earth is an elyptical sphere
2006-06-21 03:00:35 · answer #7 · answered by Greg C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey,i suppose this question was totally answered years ago.time to dust ur gk i guess!!!
2006-06-22 07:33:49 · answer #8 · answered by ur buddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe it's round
2006-06-21 03:00:23 · answer #9 · answered by therifleman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure - at my patio LOL
2006-06-21 03:07:31 · answer #10 · answered by river_runs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋