The Solar System

Question 1

Which country believed the Earth was flat?

Answer 1

China and India

Question 2

What country belived that the sun had been swallowed?

Answer 2

Thailland

Question 3

Which country believed that the Earth was supported by a wood turtle?

Answer 3

India

Question 4

What are a similaritybetween tye geocentric and heliocentric models?

Answer 4

They both believe that our Solar system is in the centre of the universe.

Question 5

What are some differences between the geocentric and heliocentric models?

Answer 5

Geocentric: Heliocentric:
The Earth is in the The sun is in the centre
centre of the universe. and everything revolves
and everything revolves around it.
around it.

Question 6

Why did the geocentric model get replaced by the heliocentric model?

Answer 6

Comets seemed to move across the night sky
The geocentric model was too complicated
The stars also appeard to move
The planets seemed to move backwards