Even though geography says earth is round and spins on its axix, why people do not fall. or how man can walk .

Question

Even though geography says earth is round and spins on its axix, why people do not fall. or how man can walk .

Answer 1

What do you mean, fall?

Describe how does one do it?

Define 'fall'!

OK, I'll do that for you.

People or things 'fall'. Newton observed an apple 'fall' to the ground being attracted by the earth's gravity. So the direction of gravity is pointing to the earth's center. You are like an ant crawling on an orange. Below your feet, if you go down through a distance of 13,000 km (that is how much the earth is across) you'll emerge on the other side of globe (called 'antipodes' of your place; go and look at a globe to know it) with feet first above ground seeing a guy standing in the reverse direction. It is not him, but you are standing on your head with feet up. If you go into space you'll see all round bodies (now you are convinced that earth is also a ball like any of them), and you'll be dragged to one of them and you'll 'fall' onto (not into) it. If your feet are near it you fall on your feet. If it is face that is facing it you'll fall on your face.

With feet on ground, you can walk easily carrying your body weight on the feet whether the surface is earth, moon or some other planet. Only thing special about earth is, it has 'you'. Otherwise it is like moon or any other planet, round and exerting gravity on all things on it. Even the oceans on earth are held tightly around in a thin film or skin. Or else where do they fall, in which direction, propelled by what force? Think about it!

Answer 2

The Earth spins slowly - only once every 24 hours.

If the rotation were much faster, people would fly off the surface.

Answer 3

Due to gravitational pull towards the centre of earth

Answer 4

Gravity!  The earth spins on its axis at the equator at 1,000 miles per hour.  It moves around the sun at 67,000 miles per hour.  The reason we don't feel it is because the motion is constant.  Think of riding a plane.  We only feel it when it speeds up or down.  But while in the air, we don't feel it because the speed is constant.

Answer 5

the only answer for this question is gravitational force which always holds the objects present on earth.

Answer 6

Freakin' magic.

Answer 7

that is due to cntrifugal force means for ex: consider a stone tied to string and rotate it, the stone will rotate in same orbit unless the speed decreases, ok now the force exerted on a man due to earth rotation is much leesser than gravitational pull and earth is so huge that it will not effect the person walking ......