why is this world round,and why are'nt things falling.?
465388
The Earth is round for the same reason that things don't fall off it.  Gravity is a force in the universe that attracts all forms of matter equally, this means that pieces of matter will eventually move together and form clumps, if this is happening from every direction then the most likely shape it will form is a sphere.\n\nThis gravitational attraction is pretty small.  However, the Earth is pretty big, so the combined effect of all that gravity is just enough to keep your feet firmly planted on the surface :)\n\nThere are a few other related effects that come into play, such as centrifugal force, which keeps everything spinning and moving.
431091
It is because of the Earth's rotation.
991215
Because the sun has a gravitational pull on all objects that rotate around it. The earth, like all the other planets revolving around the sun, is pulled toward it to a certain extent, which keeps the earth from floating away into outer space.
842765
I'm going out on a limb here, but I would say round.  The reason I say round is this.  Way back when, everybody thought the earth was flat, until someone sailed around the world.  What I don't get is the fact we can look up at the sun & moon, and it's plain to see they are round.  Why in the world would those people ever thought the earth was flat, I'll never know.  We are like fish in a bowl, we can see out but can't live out there.  As of now it is impossible for us to ever go that far out of the bowl without it killing us.  I don't think we will ever know the answer to that question, at least not in our lifetime.  Think about it, we can see into the past, and see things that has taken place millions of years ago.  Can we somehow see the other direction, and look into the future?  Maybe!  I too am fasinated by the universe, and wish I had answers to these questions, but since we are so tiny when compared to the universe, I wonder if we are not just a molicule of some giant living thing thats waiting to crawl off.  \nHave Fun.  Good Luck!!!
713841
The world will not go on long in the condition that it is in.  This is the very reason life began and the same reason it will end as we know it.  The Lord is going to fix things how he wants them to be.
593751
It is pulled down by earth gravity, just like you are. And it is falling. But it is moving forward so fast that it misses the earth all the time. And as it happens in almost complete vacuum, there is almost nothing to slow it down. When it slows a little, it descends a little. Then we need a rocket to give it a boost.
145985
the world is roughly spherical, (a ball) and the reason for this is because something as big as earth pulls itself toogether so that everything falls to the center of the sphere, if there were a substantially eneven spot on the earth (let's say a huge spike 40 miles high) it would most likely fall down into place. I magine a bunch of rocks that are pulling themselves together one rock sticks to the other you have two rocks keep on going now you have three so on and so on. If you take a bunch of weird shape magnets they'll stick together in the shape of a ball because they'll all want to be as close as possible and the only way to do that is a sphere since every point in the surface to the center will give you the same distance. Same as if you pushed clay from every side with equal force it'd form a ball.\n\nDUDE!!! PICK A BEST ANSWER!!!!
32201
I don't understand you question but I can tell you the world is coming to an end because that is what God's plan is. Nobody knows when or exactly how but it will happen. So just for your sake...WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE
69238
The Earth spins in an easterly direction.\n\nThe prevailing winds blow Easterly only in the Northern Hemisphere, in the Southern Hemisphere the prevailing wins blow West.
1027639
Because there is nothing close by to whiz by as Earth rotates, and because it doesn't shake as it rotates. For example, when riding in an airliner at 30,000 feet, it seems to almost be standing still, even though it is flying at over 500 MPH. There is a little shaking from the engines, maybe some turbulence, and the ground drifts sloooooly by. The Earth has no shaking engines, there is no space turbulence and the nearest thing to be seen drifting slowly by is the Moon.
213998
Because the Earth sucks.  \n\nBa dum bah.\n\nHave you heard of "gravity"?  It isn't just a men's cologne, it's the law!  The gravitational pull of the Earth is much stronger than the effect of centrifugal force (centrifugal force only counteracts gravitational pull by about .34%), so even if the Earth spun three times faster, we would still be standing (and feeling just a little lighter).
920709
I'll tell you why. Because if it were falling in a direction away from Earth, it wouldn't actually be falling at all, now would it?\n\nSee here's the process for rain. Heat causes water to evaporate into the atmosphere. When enough water accumulates together, it starts to look like clouds. And then, when it really starts accumulating, it begins to become too heavy to stay up there, so it falls back down to Earth.. Right, due to the Earth's gravitational pull.
351775
People knew the Earth was round for as long as there were sailors; it's a common myth that they thought they'd fall off the edge of the world when sea-fairing folks could easily see ships slowly descend over the horizon rather than suddenly just plain vanishing.\n\nIt's really just a straw man arguement that's really taken on a life of its own. Don't buy into it, even if our educational system even falls for it on Christopher Columbus day. *L*
124798
This has to do with the way the earth was formed. Dust particles gathering together and spinning at the same time. Spinning causes things to take spherical shape due to centrifugal force.
623233
It's gravity that keeps everything in place. And ya'll, don't be hatin' on this persn, it's just a question!
1022265
There is no sideways in space, either.\n\nDirections are relative to perspective. The direction that is down to me is the same direction as up is to people on the other side of this round world.\n\nMaybe the earth is inside-out?
324044
World is not going crazy the mentality of people is becoming crazy....\n\nwell even me !$#