Eratosthenes proved the Earth was round before Gallileo.
Eratosthenes

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English, Science, History
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10th Grade
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Murat Murat
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True
False
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did Eratosthenes notice the Earth was round?
He walked across Earth.
The shadows around him and the obelisks were different in other places.
He got up on the pyramids and saw a curve in the horizon.
Aliens helped him.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did he do in order to calculate the distance between the obelisks?
He walked from Alexandria to Syene.
He swam down the Nile river.
He hired a man to walk the distance between the obelisks and count his steps.
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The Earth is flat.
True
False
Why is this even a question?
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Eratosthenes came to this discovery with the help of complex tools.
True
False
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The Golden Record contains...
(Tick the things that are inside the Golden Record.
Music
Images
Questions
Sounds of Earth
Samples
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The United States president has a speech in the Golden Record.
True
False
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • Ungraded
Do you think aliens will find the Golden Record?
Yes
No
Future humans will find it again.
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