Shape of the Earth
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Q.
What is the actual shape of the earth? Why is it shaped that way?
Q. Which of the following shapes accurately describe the shape of the earth?
- Sphere
- Oblate spheroid
- Geoid
- Circle
Q. Prior to 4th century BCE, thinkers and philosophers thought that the sky was _____.
- dome-shaped
- conical
- irrelevant
- disc-shaped
Q. What shape did humans associate with the earth prior to the 4th century BCE?
- A circle
- A disc
- A square
- A sphere
Q. Which of the following observations led thinkers and philosophers to rethink about the shape of the Earth around 4th century BCE?
- Two of the most prominent bodies in the sky were both circular.
- Explorers were falling off the Earth if they travelled too far.
- The shape of the shadow the Earth made on the Moon.
- Wind patterns over the oceans resembled circles.
Q. Before 4th century BCE, thinkers and philosophers thought that the Earth was .
- flat and disc-shaped
- spherical
- round
- circular
Q. Temperature decreases with altitude. Elaborate on this briefly.
Q. Select the correct statements about planet Earth.
- Geoid means an Earth-like shape.
- Earth is the only planet that contains life.
- The Earth is the second nearest planet to the Sun.
- About two-thirds of the Earth is water.
Q. Aristotle's assumption that the Earth was spherical was entirely correct.
- True
- False
Q.
Earth’s shape is described as
Circular
Geoid
Flat type
Spherical
Q.
What is the shape of the Earth?
Spherical
Geoid
Circular
Flat
Q. A geoid is also called an oblate spheroid.
- True
- False
Q. The Earth's shape is that of a perfect sphere.
- True
- False
Q. The shape of earth is like ___________.
- An egg
- A ball
- An orange
- An oblate spheroid
Q. Who proposed that the Earth was shaped like an oblate spheroid?
- Einstein
- Newton
- Turing
- Aristotle
Q. What will happen when our sun dies?
Q. Newton proposed that the Earth was in fact a .
- circle
- geoid
- sphere
- square
Q. The Earth's shape is that of a perfect sphere.
- False
- True
Q. Select the correct pairs with regard to the shape of the Earth.
- Isaac Newton
- 3rd Century BCE
- 4th century BCE
- Disc-shaped
- Oblate spheroid
- Perfect sphere
Q. Aristotle used the example of a ship sailing towards him as an explanation of how the Earth was spherical.
- False
- True