If Earth is a sphere then why south ocean's water do not fall in space? Do not tell me its due to gravity.

Answer 1

due to the earth having an invisible foreskin which holds the water in in the southern hemisphere

Answer 2

Well, it's due to gravity, for one. Another reason, is that the earth is not rotating so fast that the centripetal force will cause the elements on earth to disperse. Therefore, things remain on earth. Masses attract each other. This is what gravity is: the attraction between two masses. The earth pulls water, people, rocks, and everything into it, and the water, people, and rocks pull the earth to them. The earth's force is obviously stronger, because the more massive an object is, the greater the force. That's how everything sticks to earth. We're even effected by Jupiter's gravitational pull (subtly, but we are).

Answer 3

It is due to gravity. There is much pull in and around the centre of the Earth, so with this pull, all the items in a certain area fall to the centre of the Earth. Water is not far from the Earth's core, so the oceans would not fall off.

Answer 4

When gravity works on Earth, everything is pulled to the center of the sphere. So, gravity actually acts in a unique direction from point on the surface of the Earth.

You can think about too when the Earth is rotating around the Sun, it is always drawn toward the Sun by gravity (but it maintains its distance from the Sun due to its momentum).

Answer 5

It's because of rotation.

On the northern hemisphere things tend to fly off due to the earth's rotation.

On the southern hemisphere, the earth turns in the other direction though, so things are pulled inwards towards the earth's center. It is not that a big force, but big enough to make the oceans stick

Answer 6

i am sorry
there is no answer for this question but (GRAVITY of the core of the earth)

i think that u think there is a gravity in space that could attract the ocean's water of south, if u can prove that, u will be awarded Noble prize

Answer 7

Because water only falls down relative to the nearest massive planetary body. Since Earth is the nearest massive planetary body to earth's southern ocean's water, said watter falls down realtive to Earth. Down relative towards Earth is towards the center of Earth. Thus the water DOES fall down it just falls down to Earth instead of to space.

For the record, the water in the north oceans do the same thing although the DO fall in an oposite rotational pattern due to the rotation of the earth.

Answer 8

Think of the animals living in the south pole.
They are also not falling down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So why are you only asking about the water?

Each and every substance is pulled towards the earth.
I am not telling the word which you told not to tell. It is only due to the pull exerted by the earths towards it. Due to it only the moon and satellittes are orbiting around the earth.

Ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now don't waste your points asking questions for which you don't need a correct answer.

Answer 9

As a matter of fact, it is due to gravity, and nothing else.

If You do not trust all of us, take a trip to Australia or New Zealand and pour some water in the glass there, just to see what happens.

Answer 10

How do you know south is south? Why won't the northern oceans fall off too????

Anyway it is mostly because of gravity but also because of the atmosphere we have. Planets without atmospheres to keep moisture in do just lose it to the outside. The Ozone layer traps moisture in the air and keeps it there.

Also, without the ozone air would escape as well and we wouldn't exist.

Answer 11

The earth spins and moves at changing velocities in its orbit around the Sun. Its not easy for the water on the earth to stay at one place ;Hence its not stagnant . It moves continually.
Why does it not fall into the atmosphere. It really does not; it climbs up into the atmosphere.
The physical law as why things in motion stay in that particular state is explained in Newtons 1st law of motion and clarified in more exact term in Einstein"s relativity theory.