the reason am asking is because in my science class, the profesor ask if we flush the tolilet the water goes donw to the right side but if we flush the toilet in brazil or argentina and they are on the oposite site the water goes then to the left?
2006-07-12 10:48:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
To the drain darling, to the drain.
2006-07-12 11:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually your professor is wrong. Whether the toilet flushes in a clockwise or counter clockwise direction depends mainly on the shape of the bowl and the direction the water is let into the bowl.
The forces created by the rotation of the earth are far too weak to have any influence.
The same is true for the drain in a bath tub or shower.
2006-07-12 18:53:53 · answer #2 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you call someone in Brazil or Argentina (or, if you don't speak Portugese/Spanish, Australia or New Zealand) to find out? That's what Bart Simpson did and you just can't go wrong following his example.
2006-07-12 17:52:34 · answer #3 · answered by DR 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah it goes to the left. something about polar attractions. more of a science question then geography.
2006-07-12 18:26:00 · answer #4 · answered by gregtkt120012002 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard it went counter-clockwize on the Simpsons.
2006-07-13 05:08:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes left.
2006-07-12 17:51:52 · answer #6 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT WILL GO TO THE LEFT,BRAZIL IS BELOW THE EQUATOR
2006-07-12 17:58:24 · answer #7 · answered by shadowalker1967 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
south of the equator, the other way.
2006-07-12 17:51:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋