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The axis is the _____________ passing through center of the earth as it does on the globe.

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perfect line
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imaginary line
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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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