Question

You have seen a tennis ball, a cricket ball, an orange and a pumpkin. Which one amongst these resembles the shape of the earth? Why have you chosen this particular item to describe the shape of the earth?
NCERT Solutions for Class 11th Geography Fundamental of Physical Geography Chapter 1 Exercise 2(ii)

Answer 1

Answer:

Amongst a tennis ball, cricket ball an orange and a pumpkin, a orange resembles the shape of the earth.

I have chosen this item to describe the shape of the earth because the shape of the earth is not spherical, it is flatter at the poles and due to its rotation about its own axis and it bulges out at the equator. The shape of the earth is called obalate spheriod. Cricket and tennis balls are spherical in shape while pumpkin is like an ellipsoid. An orange looks very similar to the shape of the earth described above.