How do we stay on the earth - literally?

Question

i know the world is round like a ball but I dont know how we stay on i know gravity but like when i look at a globe australia is on the side - why arnt we walking side ways and what about antarctica they are upside down i know that gravity holds us on...Can someone explain how it works?? So if i had someone from antarctica and someone from australia and took away the earth would they be standing diffrent ways - would one look sideways and one look upside down but to them they would feel like their up the right way...?

Answer 1

Gravity always pulls to the center of mass, in this case, the middle of the earth.  So, while in relation to someone at the equator, someone at one of the poles is at a 90 degree angle, but they are both being drawn toward the center of the earth, so they will always feel straight.

Answer 2

This is quite hard to explain, but I will try.

In space there is no such thing as being upside-down or the right way up. This is just an effect of gravity, which in this case, like JasiusGG pointed out, it is pulling us towards the centre of the earth. No matter where you are on the earth you are always being pulled towards the centre.