2007-08-27 21:28:03 · 5 answers · asked by 2007babygirl94 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Any liquid body will try to minimise its surface area and a sphere has the smallest surface area for its volume. While the earth is quite rocky it is still behaves like a liquid to some degree.
The earth is actually an oblate spheroid being larger at the equator due to the rotation.
2007-08-27 21:43:01 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not,
It's shaped more like a Oblate Sphere.
Almost round, but not quite.
http://regentsprep.org/regents/earthsci
/units/introduction/oblate.cfm
2007-08-28 04:38:11 · answer #2 · answered by elliebear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything that has a substantial amount of mass to it will have enough gravity to cause a mostly spherical shape.
Basically, the reason is the same reason all the planets and stars are spherical, because they have a substantial amount of mass and therefore the gravity.
2007-08-28 04:46:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth is not round.Earth's shape is oblate spheriod...just wanna say that thing bye!
2007-08-28 05:10:06 · answer #4 · answered by Janc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put it this way,the universe is like the water,earth is the bubble
2007-08-28 09:20:26 · answer #5 · answered by icethyst 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋