Answer to Question #141883 in Physical geography for Javier

Question #141883
Explain why does earth’s rotational velocity decrease as one travels from the equator to the North pole or South pole?
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2020-11-16T09:14:39-0500

Imagine you're rotating on a merry-go-round. When do you feel that you are moving at a higher speed, on the edges or closer to the centre? "Of course, near the axis!" - you would say. The same about Earth: the equator is far away from the axis, so it has greater speed. The poles are close to the axis, so the speed is smaller there. It comes from a simple physical principle: the further you are from the point of rotation, the faster you move.


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