Luis created a clay model of Earth. He used a toothpick to represent Earth's axis. The toothpick was stuck horizontally through
the center of the Earth model, slightly to the side of each pole. He then used a flashlight to shine light on part of the Earth. Finally, he used the toothpick to spin the model Earth. What do you think Luis is trying to model? Earth's revolution
Luis was most trying to model the Earth's rotation. As you know the earth rotates around it's axis once every 24 hours and this is why we have different times in the day because the sun shines on different parts of the Earth as it rotates.
Luis used the flashlight as the sun and when he used the toothpick to spin the model of earth, the model would represent earth rotating around its axis.
Buddhist monastic communities made two types of rock-cut
halls; one was called the Vihara, used for the monks' living quarters, and
the other was the Chaitya, which meant
"sanctuary."
