... reduces day and night
b)The earth is made up of more water on its surface than dry land
c)There are five major continents of the world
d)The largest ocean in the world is the arctic
Social Studies - Which of the following is not true about the world? a)Rotation of the earth?
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a. True
b. Continents are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the South Pole.
c. The Pacific Ocean covers almost half the Earth's surface. Look at any globe.
This has nothing to do with "Social Studies". I recommend you get out of this class where they don't even know what they are supposed to be teaching.
a) Earth's rotation is continually slowing down due to tidal forces, thereby transferring (conserved) angular momentum to the moon, pushing it away. But Earth and Moon will have reached a state of equilibrium (corotational system) long before the moon gets a chance to leave us ;)
b) Roughly 71% of the Earth's surface is covered in water, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
c) Sometimes Europe and Asia are called Eurasia and the distinction between North- and South- America is not made. Then we get five:
Eurasia, Africa, America, Antarctica and Australia.