I have this question from my Geography school-book and it's been driving me nuts!I apriciate your help!Thanks!^^
2007-09-17 05:06:06 · 5 answers · asked by blazing_fire_moon 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The south pole.
2007-09-17 05:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by wjoebanks 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think about this question ... it's really very simple. For 'all sides' of you to be 'pointing north' at the same time, there is only one place you could be ... the SOUTH pole. There is NOTHING south of the south pole, so that is the only place where you could have 'all sides at once' pointing north. If you were at the north pole, you'd have all sides facing south, since there is nothing north of the north pole. It's a 'trick question, and you are supposed to 'think' that it would be the North pole for everything to be pointing north ... but the 'opposite' is true. Think hard about it and you will soon 'see' why the answer could only be the south pole. East and West are 'relative' positions, while North and South are 'set' positions when you are standing on the Earth. In outer space, though, the 'directions' would be different ... because there are no 'set directions' there ... you would have to use 'relative to' a planet's directions, and you would have to use 'numbers' to indicate how 'far' you were, and in which 'direction' relative to 'two planets' and those planets could be ANY planets ... until you would have to start using the 'suns' of the planets ... etc.
2007-09-17 05:20:58 · answer #2 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The South Pole
2007-09-17 05:14:41 · answer #3 · answered by ignoramus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a cool question. I say you would have to be at the south pole. Then, no matter which way you look you will be pointing North.
2007-09-17 05:12:15 · answer #4 · answered by 16oeoj 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it must be the south pole
2007-09-17 05:14:59 · answer #5 · answered by anne w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋