alleryStart learning →Earth's diameter is 43 km longer at the equator than at the poles. What causes this bulge?
AIts spinning motion
BTilt of its axis
CPull of the Moon
DHeat from the Sun
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Its spinning motion
Rotation makes Earth an ellipsoid that bulges at the equator.
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