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Tirant22

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on: Aug 22, 2018

Who proposed the dynamic theory of tides?
a. Isaac Newton
b. Pierre-Simon Laplace
c. Galileo
d. Pytheas
e. Daniel Bernoulli

Question 2

Tides are capable of slowing Earths rotation by which of the following forces?
a. Tidal friction
b. Gravitational forces
c. Resonance
d. Centrifugal forces
e. Centripetal forces

ong527

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Reply #1 on: Aug 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a

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