(a) (i) E - Lithosphere/ Crust
F - Mantle
(ii) G - Iron and Nickel
(b) - Causes day and night
- Causes the deflection of winds and ocean currents to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.
- Causes variation in speed winds and air masses
- Causes the difference of an hour between two longitudes which are 15o apart
- Causes rise and fall of ocean tides.
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