which direction does the water go down the drain in the north pole in opposed to the south pole?
373244
clockwise in the northern hemisphere, anticlockwise in the southern. this according to the coriolis force, but of course there otehr factors that might influence the direction of the water (geometry of the sink, external vibrations, you turning your finger in water....)
689803
It would point towards the magnetic pole which is somewhat south of the geographical North Pole. The 2005 location of the magnetic north pole is 79.74°N and 71.78°W
1167649
Not quite! The direction the water goes down the plug-hole depends on whther you are in the northern or southern hemisphere. It has nothing to do with magnetic fields, but everything to do with the coreolis effect, which is caused by the direction in which the Earth is spinning.
377721
north pole they head south, south pole they head north.... but if you want to know about wind in a region near the equator called the duldrums....wind doesnt blow north south east or west it blows staright up
68065
It's due to the rotation of the Earth - specifically the Coriolis Effect. See http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=Coriolis+Effect\n\nMy answer assumes you have a circular toilet which drains right down the middle and recieves no directional impulse from the water flowing in ;-). ie. Under strict controlled conditions, you can make water spin in opposite directions as it drains through a hole.
587505
There are a number of currents in the ocean in which the water temperature is different from the surrounding area.  The most famous of these is the Gulf Stream that brings warm water from the tropic areas north off the East Coast of the United States and then across the Atlantic to Europe.\n\nNote that this movement is clockwise if you look at it from space.  Of course, this also means that on the other side of the ocean, cold water will move south to complete the circuit.\n\nNow we go to California.  There is a cold current called the California current that brings water from the area off Alaska in the same manner.  This cold water is also full of nutrients which is why there are the kelp forest and abundant wildlife.  It moves in the same manner as the Atlantic Ocean example.\n\nHope this answers your question.
86826
the answer is:\nyou can't face north if you are in the north pole\nthink about it
197556
Bears North Pole\nPenguins South Pole
959475
The difference comes because of the tilt of our planet in space. Our planet is leaned to one side on her orbit around the Sun and around her central os. So, one of the poles (in this case the north pole) is farther away from the Sun, than is the south pole. And so is with all the areas inbetween on both sides of the equator.\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Earth%2Bwobble
1064409
If you stood on the North Pole, your compass would point south towards the magnetic pole. \n\nThe magnetic pole is not and never has been connected with the north pole. The north pole is a demarcation of the earths point of rotation in space. The magnetic pole is the actual location of the northern pole of the Earth's magnetic field.
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Good grief. Four answerers and the original asker have all bought into a proven urban legend.\n\nIT ISN'T TRUE PEOPLE.\n\nWater will go down either way no matter where you are.\n\nThe twisting effect of the Coriolis force is real and does influence certain large things like the movement of air masses, but the effect is so small that it plays no role in determining the direction in which water rotates as it exits from a draining sink or toilet. The Coriolis effect produces a measurable effect over huge distances and long periods of time, neither of which applies to your bathroom. Toilets and sinks drain in the directions they do because of the way water is directed into them or pulled from them. If water enters in a swirling motion (as it does when a toilet is flushed, for example), the water will exit in that same swirling pattern; as well, most basins have irregular surfaces and are not perfectly level, factors which influence the direction in which water spirals down their drains. The configuration of taps and drains is responsible for the direction of spin given to water draining from sinks and bathtubs to a degree that overwhelms the slight influence of the Coriolis force.\n\nThe belief that the Coriolis force influences the direction in which water drains from plumbing fixtures is widespread and has been repeated as fact in a number of venues, including popular television shows (such as world traveler Michael Palin's Pole to Pole) and even in textbooks. We can only speculate on why people are so enamored of this snippet of misinformation, guessing that it has something to do with the desire to find some of the mysteries of science in the realm of the everyday.
988952
because gravity points to the center of the sphere, so no matter where you are on teh sphere, the down direction is towards the center of teh planet, wich allows penguins in teh south pole to walk on teh surface of the planet.\nIf you look at constelation however, they do appear upside down when viewed from below the equator, proving that we are walking on a sphere
180851
This would depend on weather you are at true north or magnetic north as the two differ a lot. If it was tru north pole (where santa lives) then all directions are south but if it is magnetic north then this will change relative to where you are standing at different times of the day and different times of the year.
474837
The direction of the north magnetic pole on the earth changes slowly over time. In addition, occasionally, the north and south poles reverse with the pole in the northern hemisphere becoming a south magnetic pole and vice versa. This can be recorded in magnetic rocks and even has utility as a dating method. According to our understanding right now, we are in the middle of such a switch. This is why the strength of the magnetic filed is decreasing. Anyway, a shift is when one of these switches happens.
125690
The south pole has a manned base and in the middle of a wide-open flat area.  The north pole is somewhere in a huge conglomerate of unstable icebergs, is constantly shifting, and has no operations base.
921
salt water will freeze, but at a much lower temperature than non salt water. the north polar ice pack is non salt water, and the saly wayer flows underneath it. submarines ofter pass under the pack while on patrol.
6794
Up and down are defined by where you feel gravity pulling. Usually all you see will be pulled into the same direction as yourself, so everything will appear right side up.\n\nHowever, unless you live on the north pole, your "up" won't be identical to "north". The angle by which your "up" direction is different from north is called latitude. My guess is that you live at roughly 45° latitude, that half sideways. Still feels like upright, doesn't it?