y s earth attracting all the things rather than repelling?
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Gravity is ALWAYS attractive.  Every bit of matter in the universe is attracted to every other bit of matter via gravity.  The only reason everything doesn't collapse in on itself is that there are other forces besides gravity.  If you want to escape Earth's gravity, you have to be far enough away that you are more attracted by everything else in the universe.
1187708
its about being an earthing? i dunno ty for 2 :D
757349
HI.  Great questions.  just realised i only got 2 points for answering.  anyway.  Weird magnets aren't they.  they always have a north and a south pole.  Almost like a mini Earth!  at the centre of the earth matter is so supper heated that it almost, but not quite, turns into energy. This raw force changes into a mix of matter and energy, producing and expelling a strong field of power.   When volcanoes were very active in earths early years, quite frequently this strange mix spewed into our atmoshere and solidified quickly.  magnetism was trapped during this process and magnets were born.  strange but very true.  I L U J L.
523133
Earth's magnetic field, among other things.
129623
The dynamo theory (that the earth is maganetic) is actually due to the fact that the outer crust is molten iron.  This iron is moving around inside the earth at very high temperatures.  Physics tells us that moving metals will create  a magnetic field.  This is why we have the magnetic field around the earth.
925593
Don't pay any attention to the girl who said, "So we won't float away." The earth's magnetic field has nothing to do with holding us to the earth. What seems to be happening, and this is still in the theory stage, is this. The solid inner core which is almost entirely iron and the liquid outer core which is probably composed mainly of a nickel-iron alloy are rotating at different speeds and because of the turbulence in the outer core they act together as a giant electric generator (dynamo) to produce an electric current. This in turn produces a magnetic field in the same way as an electric current passing through a coil forms an electromagnet. In other words the earth is a giant electromagnet which produces a field that can be measured far into space.
87456
No,these times are calm.Not enough excitment.One or two devestating storms every hundred or so yrs.Big deal.Storms are small compared to early in earth's history.
730527
The answer is yes! Most definateley! Being so close to the sun and not rotating on an axis makes for a huge temperature differential between the "light" and "dark" sides of the planet. This, through convection alone, makes for all kinds of geological activity. One must keep in mind that the conditions on that planet are far different from those on our own.
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The reason nothing is sent out from earth up or down is rather simple, Nothing is within reach in those directions. For the most part the planetary system; the only thing we are able to explore at current technology level, is on a flat planer system due to the suns gravity force. Certainly the universe is tri-dimensional but it is A: very hard to depict in that way. and B: Impossible for us to study in terms of anything besides telescope observation.
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Depends where you look. We don't have records long enough to look at the statistics of earthwuakes for the whole of the Earth.\n\nHowever, over time, some areas become more active and some less so.
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Centrifugal forces keep Earth at a great distance from being converted from mass to energy~ Andromeda is more of a threat to us than the core of our own galaxy "Misses Milky"!!!!
798707
Interesting question samsam.\n\nMost people's immediate reaction would be to say that "of course it isn't".\n\nBut I can tell you that the earth increases in mass by 2 tons every single day !\n\nIt is estimated that around 20 tons of space debris in the form of dust, micro-meteorites, ice, and sometimes larger particles, hits the earth's atmosphere very day. Most of this burns up, but an estimated 2 tons of it will find its way to the ground.\n\nI will leave the physicists and mathematicians amongst you to calculate if the resultant changes in gravity will alter our orbit enough to destroy the Earth before the Sun explodes into a red giant !
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Yes. I do. Unlike all the popular believes, (I heard George Carlin -comedian, say it and I agree) diseases, etc is the earth's way of getting rid of us pesty human kind. We bring so much misery, intolerance and imbalance to the earth, but then again the Earth got rid of a whole lot of species before us, e.g. Dinousaurs. The earth is just keeping it moving...
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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.
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All things are attracted to the center of the earth regardless of their orientation to it.So you could dig "down" into the earth but once you passed through the center you would start digging "up" because gravity would be pulling you back to the center which is behind and "below" you
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That's because the Earth's spin is caused by electromagnetics.  Something about the electrical properties of these gasses in our atmosphere causes them to be spun around faster than the rest of the Earth.
444020
Good question! I think no because everything moves within the atmosphere. Such as 8 hour long airplanes. If they travel the opposite direction of the earth's rotation, it wouldn't just stay still over the same exact spot over the ocean if it traveled 1000mph. good question, but that's what i predict using prior knowledge. Plus, i think it's gravitational force that makes every object move at the same time along with the earth itself. It may have to do with Earth's magnetic field, i don't know.