Conservation of Angular Momentum Slows a Cloud's Collapse

question 26

Multiple Choice

Conservation of angular momentum slows a cloud's collapse

• A) equally in all directions.
• B) only when the cloud is not rotating initially.
• C) mostly along directions perpendicular to the cloud's axis of rotation.
• D) mostly at the poles that lie along the cloud's axis of rotation.
• E) to a complete stop.

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