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What shape is the world?
The world is a "oblate spheroid" because it is not a perfect circle. The Earth bulges out around the equator.
Which half of the earth is north of the equator?
The northern hemisphere.
Is the equator a line of latitude or longitude?
The equator is the line made up of every point on Earth at zero latitude.
A windless zone at earth's equator where air rises almost straight up?
A windless zone at the Earth's equator where air rises almost straight up is called the doldrums. This equatorial region is in the Atlantic Ocean.
Where does the bulge of earth occur?
The Earth is not a perfect sphere. The rotation of the planet has caused the Earth to 'bulge' to a certain extent. The distance around the Equator is further than any other measurement of the circumference.
True or false earth is a perfect sphere?
Earth is not perfectly sphere, the Earth bulges at its equator for it is spinning very fast on its axis.
What part of the earth bulges?
The equator has a slightly larger circumference than the north south measurement.
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.
What is rounder the moon or the earth?
The moon because the earth bulges at he equator so its like a disk, so the moon is rounder
Why does earth have mean diameter?
Plate tectonics, rotation, and gravitational pull of the Sun, shift the Earth slightly, so that the Earth bulges near the Equator.
Why Will a man weigh more at the North Pole than he weighs at the equator?
Because the earth is not a perfect sphere and bulges slightly at the equator you are further from the centre of the earth and you would weigh very slightly less at the equator than at the poles.
Why does earths surface bulge at the equator?
Because the Earth is spinning - at about 1000 miles per hour at the equator.
What is the diameter of the planet in km?
It depends how you measure it. The Earth bulges at the equator as it is an ellipsoidThe diameter of the earth at the equator is 7,926.41 miles (12,756.32 kilometers).If you measure the earth through the poles the diameter is a bit shorter - 7,901 miles (12,715.43 km).
The shape of the earth is best described by?
It is an Oblate Spheroid not a sphere. The Earth bulges at the equator (major axis) and is flattened at the poles (minor axis). The Earth is not egg shaped, nor is is spherical. The rotation of the Earth causes an average bulging at the equator, with not all areas bulging as much.
What shape is the world?
The world is a "oblate spheroid" because it is not a perfect circle. The Earth bulges out around the equator.
Is Earth a sphere or an ellipse?
Because that's the path taken by objects under the force of gravity, Isaac Newton proved it by mathematics.
What is the earths diameter in km?
The diameter of the earth at the equator is 12,756 kilometers. The earth slightly bulges at the equator slightly elongating the distance.
