Why, Despite the Earth’s rotation, Does Ocean Water Not Spill Out? Quora Responses

There are a lot of ridiculous beliefs out there when it comes to the geography of our planet Earth. The Flat Earth Theory is one of them. Even though it may be difficult to accept, there are some who still firmly think that the planet is flat. We are aware of how ridiculous it sounds, yet internet users have repeatedly provided justifications for the Flat Earth Theory. One such issue is, “Why doesn’t the water from seas and oceans spill to the shores and beyond?” Given that the Earth revolves on its axis at a speed of 1674 kilometers per hour. Recently, someone posted this question on the website Quora. We’ll inform you about the rational and scientific response to this.

First of all, we are unaffected by the motion of the Earth since it rotates at a constant pace. We are not conscious of the movement of a bus or train while we are traveling at the same pace. Then, we are jerked when we see things outside, or when the car slows down or starts to hitchhike on a bumpy section of the road.

One commenter clarified, “Gravity is what holds the water on the planet’s surface and what curves the oceans’ surfaces to match the curvature of the Earth.” He went on to provide a more basic illustration to support his response: Take a big dish and add water to it. With the bowl in your hand, go ahead, accelerating gradually while maintaining the level of the bowl. Have you noticed that the water remains at the same level in the bowl? The bowl and the water move together. The planet’s surface water has the same properties. Ignoring tidal influences, it travels essentially at the same pace as the surface it rests on. Now, there would be a lot of sloshing if the Earth stopped rotating abruptly since the water would still be moving.