SHAPE OF THE EARTH

What is the true shape of the Earth?

• Oblate spheroid

• Sphere

• Flat

• Round

He is an Italian Explorer that had fear of falling into the edge of the Earth on his voyage.

• Copernicus

• Pythgoras

• Aristotlle

• Colombus

He is a Greek Philosopher that had an observation 2500 years ago, he claimed that the Earth is sphere just by logic.

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Pythagoras

• Colombus

He is a Greek Philosopher who observed the moon during lunar eclipse and had a proof that Earth is sphere because of it.

• Colombus

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

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The Earth casts a ______ shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse

• rounded

• straight

• oblonged

• dark

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This theory shows that ships appear to sink as they pass over the curved surface of the Earth.

• Horizon Theory

• The Sinking Ship Theory

• Perspective Theory

• Curved Surface Theory

Your weigh is also equals to the _____

• distance between you and the core

• mass of your body

• pull of gravity

• height of the observant

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When did the first photo of Earth taken?

• 1970

• 1971

• 1972

• 1973

What spacecraft took the video of the Earth rotating?

• Galileo spacecraft

• Apollo 11

• Apollo 17

• Juno

What is the most convincing proof that the Earth is sphere?

• Lunar Eclipse Shadow

• Sinking Ship Observation

• Equal Pull of Gravity

• Photos from the Space

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