Is Earth actually round like a globe?????

Question

On my globe the earth is round but is the earth actually like that?

Answer 1

no, the world is actually flat

here's a picture of earth taken from space.
http://www.lunaroutpost.com/gallery/earth/images/earth_full_hires%20copy.jpg
now you tell me

Answer 2

Well, first off there are photos showing the earth is round. Astronauts have seen this. If the Earth was flat, satellites would not be possible. Unless you think communication satellites, in particular, since you probably have used these devices work based off of magic. Here is some evidence that you can actually understand pretty easily though. I heard this argument on Bill Nye the science guy: Look at the horizon, notice that you can (if they are there) see clouds on the horizon (not in the distance but seemingly intersecting with the ground). This is NOT possible if the world were flat. Also, you probably haven't seen this but if you watch ships go out to see, they will become "un" visible as they seemingly "fall" of the edge of the earth because they are falling below your line of sight due to the curvature of the Earth.

Answer 3

Round enough. Because the Earth spins, there is an equatorial bulge, which makes the the Earth a little bit egg shaped.

I have some hi-rez screenshots of the Earth from space from the Orbiter program you might really like on my 360 page blog. You are coordially invited to check it out by double-clicking on my avatar.

Answer 4

Yes, the Earth is round like your globe. In fact, sometimes when people say "the globe", they're actually referring to the Earth and not your globe.

Answer 5

Yes, that's how they knew to make your globe that shape.
The Earth in reality is called an oblate spheroid, because its very close to being a perfect sphere but not quite. Due to its rotation there is a very slight bulge at the equator (not enough to tell by eye).
Its sort of like a basketball if you push on the top a tiny bit - a very tiny bit squashed.

Answer 6

Actually no, because the Earth is spinning (more rapidly at the equator) it bulges out from the equator like the tops of a dodge-ball squished, many people think the Earth is a perfect sphere when in reality it is a spheroid.

Answer 7

The earth is not a perfect sphere, but it's close enough. Measurements show the earth is slightly pear-shaped. But the variation from perfect sphericity is so minute the eye cannot detect it.

Look at pictures of the earth taken from space. Pretty spherical looking to me. How 'bout you?

Answer 8

You betcha.

It's a *little* flattened at the poles, because of centrifugal forces, but not much. If your globe was the size of a basketball, the flattening would be about 7 times the thickness of a dollar bill.

Mount Everest would stick up about 2 times the thickness of a dollar bill.

Answer 9

It's spherical....well, mostly spherical. It's a little flattened at the poles and a little bulgy at the equator, I believe due to gravity and the rotation of the earth

Answer 10

It's a bit oblated at the equator.