Question

Question 5 1 pts Which of the following statements about the Earth's shape is most accurate? o The Earth is an elliptical spheroid. O The Earth is an oblate spheroid, bulging out slightly at the equator. O The Earth is an oblate spheroid, bulging out slightly at the poles. O The Earth is a perfect sphere. O The Earth is an ellipse.

Answer 1

Answer:

The Earth is an oblate spheroid, bulging out slightly at the poles

Explanation:

• Earth's surface structure is in the form of geoid of three-dimensional structure. As the earth's topographic features are associated with landform and water bodies.
• Hence earth is not a complete sphere nor a perfect sphere its a form of oval-shaped epllicics and thus has an ellipsoid revolution and a tilt around the sun on its axis.

• The bulge at the equator is a product of the spinning of the earth and modern geodesy takes this ellipsoidal as a spheroid.