2006-06-27 13:21:48 · 14 answers · asked by taria411 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
So the rain dosent get confused
2006-06-27 13:25:52 · answer #1 · answered by a tao 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hahaha. That's just relative to where you are. Nothing is up or down, things are just in a position relative to another. You think the sky is up because that's the way you see it... from another point of view the sky could be down. Now if you're referring to why the ground is below the sky, then that is a totally different question having to do with how the earth was formed billions of years ago, and basically it's because the atmosphere is gas and lighter than the solid ground.
2006-06-27 20:26:41 · answer #2 · answered by vincenzi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pandak, no offense man, but I don't think she needs a fkin teacher to tell her how to ask her own questions. Technically, you should take your thick diction glasses out of your other face and just put down a stupid answer like we all are because there is no real answer. It just is.
Picture this: The only way up wouldn't be up and down wouldn't be down is if you are in space. It is limitless. For thousands and thousands of years, we've (or.. they've) used the North Star as a guiding point obviously for the direction of north. But in reality it is only north for us on Earth. And, actually, I'm pretty sure in the Southern Hemisphere they don't use the North Star.
What does all the gibberish mean? Well, Earth is our pod. It is our station, our guiding point. So from there, over hundreds and/or thousands of years we came up with a system for mapping the globe and each spot (latitude/longitude). We drew an imaginary line around the center of the globe, which is the equator. So from there you can see that anything up is North, anything down is South. Same with East and West.
Onto up and down. You know what. Forget it. That is enough.
Final answer: It just is.
2006-06-27 23:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by beardsauce 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that's how "sky" and "ground" have been defined. If you can convince enough people that "ground" is the atmosphere and "sky" is the earth under our feet, then the ground will be up, and the sky will be down.
2006-06-27 20:51:19 · answer #4 · answered by David B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, it should be the sky is out and the ground is in, but up and down are used relative to the human body, where the head is up and the foot down. So, why is the head up and the foot down? Why do we walk on our feet rather than on our heads? Because otherwise we'd end up with flat heads from bouncing up and down on our heads.
2006-06-27 20:30:32 · answer #5 · answered by Pandak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the middle of Earth is the core,which is VERY hot.It would be weird when we're all walking on sky than on the ground.the ground we're walking on is dirt & rocks that protect us from the core.
2006-06-29 21:56:07 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ground to give us support and the sky so we can get precipitated on
2006-06-27 20:27:36 · answer #7 · answered by Meowmixtape 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define "up". In context of space, there's no such thing as up o0r down, it all depends on perspective. What you perceive as up is down on the other side of the planet, just you've perceived it as "up" your whole life, so you wouldn't view it any other way.
2006-06-27 20:33:46 · answer #8 · answered by solitusfactum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first answer wins. That's just too damned funny.
2006-06-27 20:25:31 · answer #9 · answered by tharrison13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravity, dirt and rocks are heavier than air.
2006-06-27 20:24:36 · answer #10 · answered by MK6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋