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Standard VI
Physics
Rotation and Revolution of the Earth
The axis is t...
Question
The axis is the _____________ passing through center of the earth as it does on the globe.
A
perfect line
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B
imaginary line
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C
ordinary line
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none of these
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Solution
The correct option is
B
imaginary line
The
earth
we live on is a sphere that rotates daily on its
axis
.
The axis
is an
imaginary line
that runs
through
the
center of the earth
from top to bottom.
It
passes through
both the North and the South Poles.
The Poles are
imaginary
points marking the "top" and "bottom" of our
earth
.
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