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Q: How can earthquakes change the shape of the planet and shorten the day?
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Does planet shape life or life shape the planet?

Both are true there is an interdependance.


Does The Pyramid shape of the building help it withstand earthquakes?

I wonder which earthquakes could the egiptians be afraid of, I never heard of earthquakes in the Middle East except for pollitical ones. the question is answered below, apparently a cube is a better shape to resist earthquakes.


What shape of a planet orbits discovered by Kepler?

The shape is an "ellipse".


Why do planets take on a spherical shape?

Every planet has a center of gravity, anda sphere is the mostgravitationally stable shape for a planet to have.


Shape of planet Venus?

Sphere

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Some examples of geological processes are?

Geological processes are processes that shape or change the physical makeup of the planet. If you think about it you will realize that things like erosions, earthquakes, and meteor impact change the earth which makes them geological processes. (:


Do you agree that retailing has flattened the world?

No, an activity can not intrinsically change the shape of the planet.


How do the earths processes change and renew the physical features of your planet?

Volcano eruptions and earthquakes shape and reshape the earth continuously also other climate effects like storms and hurricanes form different shapes along the shore line. Edit: Also there is the huge effect of "plate tectonics" (which is involved in volcanoes and earthquakes too, of course).


What is the shape of a planet's orbit and what does it contribute?

The shape of a planet's orbit is elliptical.


Does planet shape life or life shape the planet?

Both are true there is an interdependance.


Does The Pyramid shape of the building help it withstand earthquakes?

I wonder which earthquakes could the egiptians be afraid of, I never heard of earthquakes in the Middle East except for pollitical ones. the question is answered below, apparently a cube is a better shape to resist earthquakes.


How does the surface of the earth change when two continental plates collide?

The Earths surface changes shape when plates collide when the earths surface overlaps or when there are Earthquakes.


Why do Earth's continents change shape and move around the planet?

because of the position of the moon as it moves around the earth


What planet has a dragon shape on it?

Planet Arg.


How does the planet's gravity effect it?

I makes the planet spheical in shape.


What shape of a planet orbits discovered by Kepler?

The shape is an "ellipse".


Why do planets take on a spherical shape?

Every planet has a center of gravity, anda sphere is the mostgravitationally stable shape for a planet to have.