2006-12-18 23:59:07 · 11 answers · asked by bhanu 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Preschool
It's perspective. When you are farther away, you can see more of the road, as well as it's relation to objects around. When you are closer, there is less of the road to see, and less objects with which your brain can relate. So you 'see' less of the curve than you do further away.
2006-12-19 05:13:45 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you're farther away, it is easier to notice things like that. While farther away, the curve is more apparent. Up close, it appears straight. A fine example is Earth. You, as an Earthican, percieve the Earth at a flat plane. However, people who have travelled to Space see it in much the same way your daughter saw the rode - curved. It's all perception.
2006-12-19 11:16:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, Bhanu. Hats off to your daughter for her sense of inquisitiveness that challenges the brains of elders. When we look at the road from a long distance, we are able to see the larger part of the road and its actual shape. If it is curved, we see it as a curved one. When we approach nearer and nearer, we cannot see the curve due to optical illusion.
2006-12-19 04:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by SRIRANGAM G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it's because we live on a curved plane. At a local distance, it would appear as if you're going straight, but at a global perspective you can see that it curves. Think:
What is straight on a sphere? This would refer to the great circles of the Earth.
2006-12-19 10:45:12 · answer #4 · answered by pimpette666 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The shape of the earth is round and there won't be any long straight road on it.That is why all the roads look curved.
2006-12-19 00:15:54 · answer #5 · answered by sonu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Optical illusion
2006-12-19 00:01:11 · answer #6 · answered by bookfreak2day 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Optical illusion.
2006-12-19 00:00:46 · answer #7 · answered by Booooo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to know why, itis because of optical illusions, but if you want to tell your daughter, just said..its magic
2006-12-19 04:35:22 · answer #8 · answered by avatarromexmen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because when you are looking at a point which is farther away it give you an overall view. just like maps...if you don't zoom out it would be difficult to point out the exact location
2006-12-19 00:01:38 · answer #9 · answered by vishweshpatel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its like the parallax error-an illusion.
2006-12-19 00:14:00 · answer #10 · answered by THE WORRIER 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋