Why are people in the South Pole not upside down?

Gravity is always pulling your whole body and everything around you in the direction of Earth’s core. Whether you are in Antarctica, at the equator, or anywhere else on Earth, if you’re upright with your feet on the ground, you feel (and you are) right-side up.

What would happen if you stood on the South Pole?

First of all, you don’t see any land. In fact, you aren’t standing on land at all, but instead you are atop a sheet of ice floating over a cold, deep ocean. At the South Pole, you would be over land, and atop a high, flat plateau.

Do people walk upside down in Antarctica?

Originally Answered: Does it feel upside down on Antarctica? Of course not. Gravity pulls you down towards the centre of the earth that you are standing on. The thing that feels weird is the sun moves to the left in the sky whereas for those of us used to living in the northern hemisphere it always moves to the right.

How do people in the South Pole stand?

It’s all about gravity So the Earth pulls you down, but you pull the Earth up! That makes you pretty strong. Gravity always pulls you towards the middle of the object. So for the Earth, which is shaped like a ball, the force of gravity pulls you to the centre from every point on the ground.

Why is Australia not upside down?

For objects like the Earth, the force exerted by the Earth’s mass pulls objects in the direction of the Earth’s centre. This means that wherever you are on the Earth, the force is always “down” into the ground. That’s what keeps everything on Earth “right-side up”, even those in Australia!

What is the very top and bottom of Earth?

The top half of the Earth is called the Northern Hemisphere. The bottom half of the Earth is called the Southern Hemisphere.

Why arent we upside down?

Does the Earth turn upside down?

The Earth is always spinning. Every day, you are turned upside down and back again. This is the point around which the Earth spins. It’s called the “axis”, like the axle of a wheel going all the way through the Earth.

Why don’t you feel upside down on the South Pole?

The reason you don’t feel upside down on the south pole, or anywhere else, is that “down” just means toward the center of the earth. And you know which way is down because it’s the direction gravity pulls you. Relative to someone standing on the North pole, they are upside down.

Can you feel upside down on a football planet?

Gravity pulls towards the centre of the football…err… planet, and wherever you stand on it, down is always towards the surface. If you did “feel upside down”, you’d fall off the world… which of course doesn’t happen due to gravity.

Why don’t we feel upside down in space?

As G-forces aren’t acting on us as we move normally on the planet you don’t feel upside-down although strictly speaking you are. The earth’s gravity pulls us in at equal force all over the planet so you feel no different anywhere on earth.

Is Australia upside down like the UK?

Australia and New Zealand are approximately the antipodes of the UK. But we all feel gravity pulling us towards the centre of the earth, so nobody FEELS upside down. Unless you are pissed of course, in which case who cares.