PHYSICAL SCIENCE Flashcards
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is a concept
that describes the Earth
as the centre of the
universe
Geocentric model
Earth is at the centre of
universe and other
objects revolve around it
Geocentric model
Sun appearing to be
revolving around the
Earth once per day and
an observer for Earth
sees a stationary Earth
Geocentric model
Is an
astronormical rnodel in
Whhich the Earth and
planets rmove around
the Sun at the centre of
the Solar syster-n
Heliocentric Model
Sun Is at the centre Of
the solar systern while
other objects including
the Earth revolve
around the Sun
Heliocentric Model
Telescopic Evidence
Heliocentric Model
stated that the Earth is the center of the universe
Geocentric theory
considered that the sun is the center of the universe.
Heliocentric Model
There were scientists who supported the geocentric model like
Eudoxus, Aristotle, and Ptolemy
believed in Heliocentric theory.
Aristarchus and Copernicus
The ideas about the
spherical Earth were also argued
at around ____________. in
ancient time.
6th Century B.C
One of the Scientists
who supported the idea of a
spherical Earth was ___________.
Aristotle
He also observed that every
a portion of Earth tends toward the
center and form a sphere by
_________________
CONVERGENCE OR
COMPRESSION.
He also explained that the
travelers going south see southern
constellations rise higher above
the horizon and during the __________________, the shadow of Earth on
Moon is ______________
lunar
eclipse, round.
He also observed that the
stars seen in Egypt and Cyprus
were not seen in the northerly
regions and this could only
happen in a _____________
Tycho Brahe, curved surface.
___________
believed that the Earth is
spherical.
Aristotle and the Ancient Greeks
To prove his claim, he
provided physical and
observational arguments about
this. He also observed that every
portion of Earth tends toward the
center and form a sphere by
CONVERGENCE OR
COMPRESSION.
Aristotle
Even before the invention of ___________,
astronomers and ancient people have already
observed different astronomical phenomena
particularly the things happening on the sun,
moon, and the planets.
telescope
The motion of the sun was studied by
the ancient ______________ using a
primitive way of ____________which they called as
GNOMON.
Babylonian and Egyptian, sundial, GNOMON
rising and setting of the ____________in the________________, respectively,
SUN , east and
the west,
point where the Sun rises and sets in the
________________varies in a year,
HORIZON
phases of the _____________,
moon
lunar ______________,
eclipse
_____ eclipse,
solar