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    What Forces Cause the Earth to Assume the Shape of an Oblate
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What Forces Cause the Earth to Assume the Shape of an Oblate

Question 26

Question 26

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What forces cause the Earth to assume the shape of an oblate ellipsoid?


A) Gravity
B) Earth's rotation on its axis
C) Earth's revolution around the Sun
D) Tectonic forces
E) Gravitational influence of the Moon

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