When the Sun pulls DOWNWARD on the bulge at Earth's equator,Earth responds by:
A) increasing the tilt of its rotation axis.
B) decreasing the tilt of its rotation axis.
C) spinning faster on its rotation axis.
D) precessing slowly around an axis perpendicular to the ecliptic.
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