a foucault pendulum appears to change its direction of swing over a period of several hours because of Earth's

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a foucault pendulum appears to change its direction of swing over a period of several hours because of Earth's

a. rotation
b. revolution
c. tilted axis
d. gravity

2006-12-25 06:17:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

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rotation, which creates the coriolis effect, which alters the direction of the pendulum's swing. The pendulum was originally demonstrated by Foucault, a french physicist, to show the earth's rotation

2006-12-25 06:22:39 · answer #1 · answered by tobias 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Mostly "A", although all of the others play a factor. It demonstrates "a"

2006-12-25 14:25:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

rotation

2006-12-25 14:20:15 · answer #3 · answered by baldisbeautiful 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋