General Knowledge :: Earth
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The Earth is an oblate spheroid and not a perfect sphere. This is because
1. the Earth has a rotational motion and the rotational speed increases as one goes from the Poles towards the Equator.
2. the Equator experiences greater gravitational pull from the Sun.
3. the intensity of sunlight received at the Equator is greater than that at the Poles. -
Which of the following countries are located on the Greenwich Meridian?
1. Algeria
2. Germany
3. Guinea
4. Iceland - Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius by about ________
- Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given continents in the decreasing order of their percentage of Earth's land?
- What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth?
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