Our earth is oval and we still feel that we are on a flat surface , we cosider it more like a straight plate with uneven patches Why is that ?
2007-02-02 16:07:36 · 9 answers · asked by zoom 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
cause its a pretty damn big oval
ps i just realized you starred your own question, thats hilarious!
2007-02-02 16:10:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Earth is actually a spheroid. This means it's general shape is spherical but it isn't exactly spherical. It is somewhat oval but it's shape changes and it isn't a perfect oval either.
We feel we are on a flat surface because if you zoom in on a curved surface, it starts to look flat.
2007-02-03 02:30:30 · answer #2 · answered by minuteblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the earth is so large that to us the small part we can see looks flat.
PS--actually the Earth is an oblate spheroid--technically not an oval, which is a two-dimensional shape
2007-02-03 00:25:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's all in the eye's perspective, from the ground, the earth is flat, stretch out your wings and go up ten thousand feet or so and you'll notice the horizon starts to curve, you'd have to get quite a distance out to see the whole planet is sort of sagging at the equator (in middle aged people we call it "Dunlap Syndrome" as in "the belly dunlap over the belt"). Better wear a hat and mittens.
2007-02-03 00:19:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earth buldges at the equator because the earth is spinning and the equator spins the fastes and buldges out. Anyway we see the earth as flat because we're so incredibly tiny compared to the size of the earth.
2007-02-03 02:35:04 · answer #5 · answered by Roman Soldier 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a small correction; the Earth is not an oval, its precise geometrical shape is that of an "oblate spheroid."
2007-02-03 11:06:25 · answer #6 · answered by lampoilman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we perceive it as straight due to our relative size with the earth
2007-02-03 01:38:49 · answer #7 · answered by blinkky winkky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we can only see a part of it
2007-02-03 00:10:56 · answer #8 · answered by charizard 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's big enough not to notice the curvature.
2007-02-03 00:10:06 · answer #9 · answered by AK1971 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋