2006-11-21 22:41:05 · 41 answers · asked by ogie 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Nope, it's lightly sparkling.
2006-11-21 22:43:44 · answer #1 · answered by blueeyedboy3004 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No, the world isn't flat, but neither is it perfectly round. The spinning of the earth throws the bits around the equator outwards, so that the shape is a bit like a mandarin orange or a tennis ball that's been sat on. Not by very much though; the diameter of the earth from North Pole to South Pole is 7900 miles and the diameter at the equator is 7926 miles - so you can see there's only 26 miles in the difference, which isn't much when you think about the size of the Earth.
2006-11-21 22:49:30 · answer #2 · answered by uknative 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the world is round, but not concentric round. It looks more like orange. However, please read the following interesting write-up with links for fun purpose:
The Flat-out Truth:
Earth Orbits? Moon Landings?
A Fraud! Says This Prophet
The idea of a spinning globe is only a conspiracy of error that Moses, Columbus, and FDR all fought...
Copyright 1980 Robert J. Schadewald
Reprinted from Science Digest, July 1980
"The facts are simple," says Charles K. Johnson, president of the International Flat Earth Research Society. "The earth is flat."
Please do not get swayed away by above reasoning. My answer is given at the top. The world is round - a bit like elliptical.
2006-11-21 22:57:05 · answer #3 · answered by Hafiz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, although it looks flat to us, since we are too "small" when compared to the size of the whole planet.
The shape of the Earth is very close to an oblate spheroid, in fact, the shape of the Earth is called "geoid".
Take a look at the following link, and I hope I've helpe on something.
2006-11-21 22:55:54 · answer #4 · answered by Verbena 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
Thats a bit of a daft question these days, as the answer has been known for many decades now. But the "perception" that the earth is flat remains perfectly understandable however.
IR
2006-11-21 22:57:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The world is not flat. I'm not also sure if the world is perfectly round.
2006-11-21 23:07:53 · answer #6 · answered by joseph a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Must be. The bible says it has four corners, and you can't argue with that, can you?!
Well, yes.
"The Church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen it's shadow on the moon.
And I have more faith in a shadow than in the church"
Fedinand Magellan
2006-11-21 22:53:52 · answer #7 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question - Im prettyt sure that it is not flat as I live on quite a large hill.
2006-11-22 13:25:56 · answer #8 · answered by wilkobali 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope... it can be proven by gravity, and the weight of things at the equator and the poles... or by placing a pendulum in one spot with either a pen dragging on paper or dominoes around it (make sure the pendulum is friction free)
2006-11-22 15:18:27 · answer #9 · answered by hcoaeafgirl1421 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is flat and is in rectangular shape. It has 6 wheels too, It moves from here and there... (btw when did u get in)
2006-11-21 23:47:26 · answer #10 · answered by dSolver 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is flat...
And circular....
And balanced on a very large turtle....
Whose legs are supported on the backs of four extremely large elephants....
Don't go too near the edge!!
2006-11-21 22:53:04 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋