Discovering The Universe 1

Question 1

Describe the belief of the ‘Flat Earth’.

Answer 1

People in China and India believed that the Earth was flat. It was supported by 12 pillars.Describe the ‘Flat Earth’ belief.

Question 2

Describe the belief of ‘The sun being swallowed’.

Answer 2

People in Thailand believed that a solar eclipse occurred when a god called Rahu swallowed the Sun.

Question 3

Describe the belif of ‘The wood turtle’.

Answer 3

In India people believed that the Earth was supported on the back of a giant wooden turtle.

Question 4

Name three different ideas about the universe that developed in different cultures.

Answer 4

• The flat Earth
• The Sun being swallowed
• The wood turtle

Question 5

State what is meant my ‘geocentric’?

Answer 5

Having or representing the earth in the centre.

Question 6

Describe the geocentric model of the solar system.

Answer 6

The geocentric model has the Earth in the centre and the redt of the planets revolving around it.

Question 7

Name a observation that could not be explained by the geocentric model.

Answer 7

The retrograde motions.