Thursday, April 9, 2009

Flat Earth

By now you have read that many European explorers, beginning with John Cabot, were convinced of the existence of a Northwest Passage to China. They and their governments had good reasons to believe this theory.Groups like the Flat Earth Society - people who say the Earth is flat - believe it is is still flat even when there is photographic evidence from space.Your TaskPlease post into a new entry. Use 8-12 sentences for each question for FULL marks.

1. Find two pictures showing the earth is flat. Explain what you see in EACH picture in 8-12 sentences.




This is a picture talks about the flat earth.With the perspective of universe,a flat land in the center of this picture.There are many mountains ,lakes ,and grass on the ground.A compass sky are on the top of that ground.There is a moon on the left of the flat earth.On the right hand,there are lights,it seems like the rising sun.The sky and ground are connect.There are also something interesting in this picture,the other planets all are sphere.I do not know why.If the author know planets are sphere, then why the earth is flat?




The end of the world.That is the first thought i had when i saw this picture.It also talks about the flat earth.The water end, and fly down in this picture.The ship seems will drop drown.On the background of the cloud blooms on the cold sky everything give me the feel of despair .On the flat earth, we can reach the end of the world.Is that means in the real earth, we will not reach the end?

2. Imagine you are a person who believes the earth is still flat today. What are 5 reasons to support your argument that it is still flat?
1.we can not see the earth is sphere by using our eyes.
2.By using our eyes, we see the ground is flat .
3.our ancestors all think that the earth is flat , and they made lots of miracles that we can not do this time.
4.we can not feel the earth is sphere.
5.If the north pole is the center of the earth, the south pole is the boundary, then lots of thing still make science, that is why no one fell into the end of earth.

3. Do you think human beings have a false concept of the earth and the universe today?
I think it is possible,both nature and universe have mammoth power.we all are a little tinny things of them, it is hard to discover them, and it is also possible that what we think today, is a joke from them, or from ourselves.

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for finishing your homework!

    :P

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  2. 8/12 You need to have 8-12 sentences for each question. Remember to follow the instructions carefully.

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