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Question
The shape of the Earth is ______.
Options
True sphere
Oblate spheroid
Spheroid
Spiral
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Solution
The shape of the Earth is an oblate spheroid.
Explanation:
It is slightly flattened at the poles and bulges at the equator due to the Earth’s rotation, making it not a perfect sphere but an oblate spheroid. This shape is also called a geoid.
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