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It is of course absolutely either way, but when globes and maps were first made, the globe and mapmakers were all on the top of the globe or map--in Europe. Even very early mapmakers were north of the equator.
Footnote:Also, if you check a globe (in my opinion an absolutely indispensible tool-- I use mine several times a week) you will see that the great bulk of the earth's land mass is north of the equator. This is just an accident of continental drift. It is also why some map projections expand the northern hemisphere, at the expense of territories to the south.There is no such thing as top and bottom in space and in the universe. Top and bottom are concepts that relate to objects on the earth's surface which are affected by gravity.
Gravity pulls objects toward the centre of the planet earth. Their point closest to the earth's surface, is called the 'bottom' of the object. A model of planet earth with the outline of all the land masses drawn upon it, would be just as valid if it was made with Alaska shown near the bottom and Tasmania shown near the top of the model 'globe'.
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What are earths poles called?
North and South poles
Which of the earths poles is located in antarctica?
south
Are earths magnetic poles located on its axis?
No
Why is water cooler near earths poles?
because they are different parts of the earths hemispheres.
What is it called when earths magnetic poles change poles?
This is known as magnetic reversal when earth's magnetic poles change places.
Why is it hard to read a compass when standing at one of the earths poles?
Because the earths magnetic poles move around from year to year, and even day to day.
How do the poles help cool earths temperature?
how do the earth's poles help cool the earth's temp
How are poles of earth fixed?
By the axis of earths rotation
70 percent of earths freshwater?
Is frozen in the poles
Which direction does the air currents towards the poles or away from the poles?
Away from the poles because the air near Earths surface is warm.
Why do the poles receive the less solar energy than the equator does?
Because the middle of the earths surface is the hottest on earth and the equator is right in the middle and the poles is at the end of the earths surfaces
Where does the earths axis of rotation intersect with the earths surface?
The geographical North and South Pole - not the magnetic poles.
