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Question
What is the Rotation of Earth's effects?
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Solution
Its effects :
- Day and nights are caused. This is by far the most important effect of rotation.
- The sun, the moon, and the star appear to revolve around the earth from east to west.
- Winds and currents change their direction.
- Different places have different local times.
- Tides occur regularly twice a day.
- Coriolis Effect
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