Centrics Flashcards
1
Q
What is Geocentric?
A
The prefix ‘geo’ means to do with Earth. So ‘geocentric’ means Earth is at the centre.
2
Q
What is Heliocentric?
A
The prefix ‘helio’ means to do with the Sun. So ‘heliocentric’ means the Sun is at the centre.
3
Q
What is the geocentric belief?
A
That earth was central to everything
4
Q
What is the heliocentric belief?
A
The sun was the centre of the solar system, and all the other planets orbited it.
5
Q
Which theory is correct and why?
A
Neither of them are correct as the earth rotates around the sun yet, the sun isn’t in the centre.
6
Q
Who changed the Geo to Helio?
A
Copernicus
7
Q
Who proved the heliocentric theory wrong?
A
Galileo
