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1. The earth is not a perfect sphere. What causes the earth NOT to be a
perfect sphere? *

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The Earth’s rotation creates an outward force that is highest at the equator and zero at the poles. Since the Earth is not perfectly solid throughout, this force results in the Earth being ‘squashed’ into a slightly flattened sphere.

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