Does the water really spin the other way on the equator?

Question

Does the water really spin the other way on the equator?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

Yea when i went to Kenya with school we stood on the equator and they pored water into a tub with a small hole, on one side it span one way, a few meters across the equator it span the other. And directly on the equator it when straight down.

Answer 3

You got is sort of wrong.

On the southern hemisphere below the equator it swirls the other way.

Answer 4

Only if you have a huge volume of water...toilets and sinks spin both ways north & south of the equator

EDIT..gr8 Simpsons episode but Lisa got it right(as usual) as it spins both ways..honest!

Answer 5

No.  The Corolis force is very weak, and needs 100's of kilometers to build up to any decent level.  Over a distance of 1 meter, for example, the Corolis force would be less than the effect of a breath of air from a person standing next to the water.

Answer 6

yep , there was a simpsons episode about it . gotta be true

Answer 7

No

Answer 8

that is exactly what i was gonna sAY!

Answer 9

yes it does. i can't be bothered to explain this scientific fact but it involves the earths pull by hte axis points ie NORTH POLE SOUTH POLE!