Statement 1: |
Many great rivers flow towards the equator. The sediments that they increases the time of rotation of the earth about its own axis |
Statement 2: |
The angular momentum of the earth about its rotation axis is conserved |
a) |
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1 |
b) |
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is not correct explanation for Statement 1 |
c) |
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False |
d) |
Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True |
Statement 1: |
Many great rivers flow towards the equator. The sediments that they increases the time of rotation of the earth about its own axis |
Statement 2: |
The angular momentum of the earth about its rotation axis is conserved |
a) |
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1 |
b) |
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is not correct explanation for Statement 1 |
c) |
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False |
d) |
Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True |
(a) Sediment deposited at the equator (away from the axis of rotation) increases the moment of inertia (not mass) of the Earth. Since |