Question

At one time in the Earth’s history, many people thought the world was flat. Which best explains why the model of the Earth is now round?

Models are limited by the science—the more that was discovered, the better the model could be made.

Models are a representation of products to be made in future and are modeled after what people thought the earth might look like.

Models can only show representations of what is small, so the Earth’s model was poorly constructed.

Models can be changed and remodeled even if there is not enough science to support the change.

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: Models are limited by the science—the more that was discovered, the better the model could be made.

Step-by-step explanation:

At some point in history the well known early civilisations all thought that the Earth was flat. This includes Greece, India, Israel and even China with China only ceasing to believe such as recently as the 17th century. This is because that was what the science of the time led them to believe and so they made models of the Earth based on what they thought was true.

As time went by however and evidence was discovered by scientists and philosophers such as Aristotle that the world was round, the models began to change to depict a Spherical Earth.

This proves that models are simply a reflection of the science of the time and the more things are discovered, the more the Science gets more accurate enough to make better models.