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4. Based on your observations, which way does earth rotate—from east to west, or west to east? Explain your answer based on data from this lab.

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Answer:

Since the Earth's rotation slows slightly with time, a day used to be shorter. This is due to the Moon's tidal impacts on Earth's rotation. The earth rotates from point a (east) to point b (west), causing a rotational attraction from the east.

Step-by-step explanation:

There really isnt an explanation as to why the earth rotates from east to west

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Answer:

your answer is easy to west

Step-by-step explanation:

the earth moves from point a (east) to point b(west) which is resulting in rotational pull from easr

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