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Why does earth have a south pole and north pole and what are they?
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The actual north and south pole (not the magnetic north and south poles) represent the points on the Earth's surface connecting the imaginary line, or axis, around which it rotates. If you spin a top or a ball horizontally, the ball could be said to have a north (top) and south pole (bottom) on its axis.
The Earth has a north and south pole because the Earth spins about an axis. The Earth spins because of how the Earth was formed. A bunch of planetesimals, gas and other debris were attracted to one another by gravity, then spiraled in toward each other. A similar effect is what causes rotation in hurricanes, as the low pressure draws in moisture in a massive, spinning storm.
The spinning of the earth is what causes the Sun to appear to rise and set. It is not the Sun that is actually moving to rise and set, but rather the surface of the Earth turning beneath it. When looking up from a point on the surface of the Earth, the Sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west.
If you stood at the North or South Pole, you would be turning in a circle rather than moving laterally. Conversely, at the equator you would be moving eastward at about 1674 kilometers per hour (1040 mph).
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The earth is meaning it has 2 poles?
The Earth has a magnetic field around it. The magnetic North is close to what we call the North Pole. The magnetic South is at the South Pole. There is a magnetic North and South and a geographic North and South pole.
5. In what direction is the equator from the South Pole?
The equator is North, as is everything else on earth when you are at the South Pole. From the south Pole, every direction is north.The North pole is the northernmost point on Earth. The South Pole is the southernmost point on Earth. The Equator is a line running circumferentially around the Earth and is midway between the poles. The Equator is south of the North Pole and north of the South Pole.All lines of latitude -- including the Equator -- are north of the South Pole.
What is the point farthest to south on the Earth?
The southernmost point on Earth is the south pole. The northernmost point on Earth is the north pole. There is no east or west pole.
What has north and south pole's?
Apart from the earth, all magnets have a north and south pole.
Do the north pole and south pole meet in Antarctica?
No. The North Pole is in the Arctic, the South Pole in the Antarctic- opposite end of the Earth.
What is the farthest point on the Earth's surface?
north pole and south pole are the farthest points on earth
The earth is meaning it has 2 poles?
The Earth has a magnetic field around it. The magnetic North is close to what we call the North Pole. The magnetic South is at the South Pole. There is a magnetic North and South and a geographic North and South pole.
Where on earth is the sun's rays spread out thinly all the time?
North and south pole
What are the points farthest north and south on earth?
The farthest point north on the Earth is the North Pole. The farthest point south on the Earth is the South Pole.
Why do you name North Pole as North Pole and south pole as south pole?
How the earth is turned on its axis
The point farthest north on the earth is called?
The North Pole.
What are the points farhest north and south on the earth?
North pole and south pole
5. In what direction is the equator from the South Pole?
The equator is North, as is everything else on earth when you are at the South Pole. From the south Pole, every direction is north.The North pole is the northernmost point on Earth. The South Pole is the southernmost point on Earth. The Equator is a line running circumferentially around the Earth and is midway between the poles. The Equator is south of the North Pole and north of the South Pole.All lines of latitude -- including the Equator -- are north of the South Pole.
What is the point farthest to south on the Earth?
The southernmost point on Earth is the south pole. The northernmost point on Earth is the north pole. There is no east or west pole.
What is the eath's axis mean?
That refers to the imaginary line, from the north pole to the south pole, around which Earth rotates.That refers to the imaginary line, from the north pole to the south pole, around which Earth rotates.That refers to the imaginary line, from the north pole to the south pole, around which Earth rotates.That refers to the imaginary line, from the north pole to the south pole, around which Earth rotates.
What point on earth is farthest from the north pole?
The South Pole
What continent are south from the north pole?
All of them. Everywhere on earth is south of the north pole, except the north pole itself.
