Question

Briefly describe the shape of the earth.

ICSE Class 9 Total Geography Ch 1:The Earth as a Planet

Answer 1

The shape of the earth is spherical that is slightly bulging at the Equatorial region and a bit flattened at the North Pole and South Pole.

Actually, the shape of the earth is an oblate spheroid, which appears to be spherical around the center region, though quite flat on two ends.

This particular shape is also termed as oblate ellipsoid.

Answer 2

the shape of the earth is spherical but as an old ages many people think that it is Flat which is really a force theory according to Ferdinand Mangalam he is the person who discovered that Earth is not flat and it is spherical in shape