GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

THE UNIVERSE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What do the heliocentric model and the big bang theory have in common?
A
They are both ideas that attempt to describe the Universe but that may change with new observations.
B
They are both ideas that attempt to describe the motion of the planets in the Solar System.
C
They both describe the tides due to the Moon’s gravity.
D
They both describe the nuclear reactions that occur in the interior of a star.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What do the heliocentric model and the big bang theory have in common? They are both ideas that attempt to describe the Universe but that may change with new observations. They are both ideas that attempt to describe the motion of the planets in the Solar System.

Detailed explanation-2: -The geocentric model says that the earth is at the center of the cosmos or universe, and the planets, the sun and the moon, and the stars circles around it. The early heliocentric models consider the sun as the center, and the planets revolve around the sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nicolaus Copernicus’s theory of heliocentrism introduced in 1543, which states that the Sun, rather than the Earth, was at the center of the solar system, dramatically altered the scientific perspective of how we view our world.

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