2007-12-04 03:32:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It depends what you mean by "down". Gravity is pulling us to the centre of the earth. If you stand at the south pole, gravity will still be pulling you "down" towards the centre just as it would to anyone standing at the north pole.
2007-12-04 03:38:16 · answer #1 · answered by Michael B 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Gravity attracts products jointly. Your use of the be conscious 'push' and 'pull' is beside the point. >i'm convenced that we are being pushed on not pulled on. How might you tell those 2 circumstances aside? >Centripital stress states that we ought to constantly fly off the planet, you're incorrect. The centrifugal 'stress' on an merchandise led to by utilising the rotating Earth is quite a lot smaller than the stress of gravity on that merchandise. It *is* detectable, and 'definite' your weight does substitute in case you progression from severe to low latitudes, although that's a a lot smaller stress than 6 x 10^24 kg of Earth pulling at you.
2016-12-10 12:18:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gravity isn't pulling us 'down' it is pulling us toward the center of the earth. No matter where you are on the earth, you will be pulled toward the center.
People standing on the south pole are being pulled toward the center of the earth, and to them it seems as if they are being pulled 'up' toward you, so they might wonder why *you* don't fall up in to space!
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2007-12-04 03:39:07 · answer #3 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You answered your own question: the world is round. Picture it in your head... the round Earth and then the gravity being pulled to the center of it.
2007-12-04 03:40:38 · answer #4 · answered by canadian19chick 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The "down" is toward the center of the earth. No matter where you stand you are being pulled to the center, which is down against the ground.
2007-12-04 03:36:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
They don't fall off b/c they are being pulled towards the very core of the earth not just simply down.
2007-12-04 03:35:34 · answer #6 · answered by paintballer37733 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
gravity pulls toward the earths center. the reason they dont fall off is the same reason they dont feel like they are upside down :)
2007-12-04 03:39:53 · answer #7 · answered by singing2sweets 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Down" in this case means, "Towards Earth's Center", not North/South
2017-04-03 22:02:25 · answer #8 · answered by Gabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world is more oval than round and the people near the south all have superglue on their shoes and boots.
2007-12-04 03:35:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Gravity is actually the law the "mass attracts mass". We all have mass, so we're attracting the earth, but the earth has enormously greater mass, so it attracts us more than we attract it. It doesn't matter where we stand on the planet, it's mass beats our mass hands down. ;)
2007-12-04 03:41:36 · answer #10 · answered by Rebeckah 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋