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What best describes earth shape?
slightly flattened at the poles and slightly bulging at the equator
What is the affect of latitude n longitude of earth on gravity?
Your weight at the north or south pole would be ever so slightly greater than it is at the equator, because the Earth is slightly fatter around the equator than it is around the poles, so if you're standing on the equator, you're slightly farther from the Earth's center of mass than you are if you're standing on one of the poles. Other than that, your location on the surface of the Earth has no effect at all on the forces of gravity that attract you and the Earth toward each other.
What is the s ize of the planet earth?
To find how big is the earth in miles, you can measure the circumference about the equator. This is approximately 24,900 miles. However, the circumference about the poles is slightly smaller at 24,859 miles.
How do the poles help cool earths temperature?
how do the earth's poles help cool the earth's temp
What statement is true about Earth's poles?
Only the magnetic poles wanderD.Earth's magnetic and geographic poles are generally not in the same place.Geographic poles are defined by Earth's rotation.
Is the earth slightly bulged at the poles?
The Earth is slightly flattened at the poles and bulged at the equator ... exactly what you get when you spin a ball of pizza dough.
Is the circumference of the earth measured around the surface or the atmosphere?
It is measured around the surface of the earth. The atmosphere has its own measurement excluded from that of the Earth. The Equator is bulged, and the Poles slightly flattened. The figure given is for sea level, and ignores any mountains. The Poles are about 21.4 km closer to the centre of the Earth than the Equator is.
What best describes earth shape?
slightly flattened at the poles and slightly bulging at the equator
What kind of sphere is slightly flattened at the poles?
earth
What causes earth flattening of the earth at two poles?
used by spinning motion of the earth around its axis passing through the poles...the force being max at the equator...since at tym of formation, earth was in fluid state, the force of cohesion was small & could not balance the centrifugal force...hence it bulged out at the equator
An object's weight at sea level at 90 North latitude is slightly more than the weight of the same object at sea level at 0 latitude?
Earth's shape is slightly bulged at the Equator.
What is the true shape of earth?
The true shape of the earth is oblate spheriod. This means that the Earth is slightly flattened at the poles and slightly bulging at the Equator.
What causes slight flattening of the earth at two poles?
used by spinning motion of the earth around its axis passing through the poles...the force being max at the equator...since at tym of formation, earth was in fluid state, the force of cohesion was small & could not balance the centrifugal force...hence it bulged out at the equator
How the gravitational acceleration will change when you move from equator to north or south pole on the surface of earth?
It will increase very slightly at the poles compared to the equator, because the Earth's radius at the poles is slightly less than it is at the equator.
Why is the atmospheric pressure less at the poles?
The earth is slightly flattened at the poles. This has the effect of lowering the surface and raising the weight of air above.
Is Earth in the shape of a circle?
No, it slightly bulges at the equator, and is a bit flat on the North and South Poles.
Why is the weight of an object is less at the equator than at the poles?
The weight of an object is slightly less at the equator than at the poles because of the earth's tilt on its axis.
