2007-01-16 08:27:12 · 10 answers · asked by ANNETTE O 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
West is a relative term that just describes where you are in relation to somewhere else. No matter where you are, you are still west of somewhere else.
2007-01-16 08:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because North, South, East and West are relative to the magnetic poles of the earth, which also rotate.
2007-01-16 16:31:19 · answer #2 · answered by evilted_2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
West is defined geographically with respect to the Earth. Since this geographic reference frame rotates along with the Earth we are always in "the West".
2007-01-16 16:30:03 · answer #3 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The term has nothing to do with the Earth's rotation. It was coined at a time when Europeans were exploring the world's oceans and traveling to new lands, most notably the Orient, which was east of them by known sea routes. The names have stuck.
2007-01-16 16:32:24 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because even though the earth rotates, the relative position of the east to the east of us is still constant!!
2007-01-16 16:30:46 · answer #5 · answered by syelark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
be cause the earth rotates as a whole, not each individual continent.
2007-01-16 16:35:04 · answer #6 · answered by madtyga2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in SELondon - Greenwich - oficially the EAST of the planet
2007-01-16 16:34:49 · answer #7 · answered by jomarie357 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. Because the reference line (the prime meridian) is swinging along too.
2007-01-16 16:30:11 · answer #8 · answered by All hat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats the dumbest question i've read yet
2007-01-18 17:12:52 · answer #9 · answered by Dave O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you serious ?
2007-01-16 16:39:56 · answer #10 · answered by forjunkmail0987 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋