♪ Under the Blue Umbrella ♪ ♪ Yes, under the clear blue sky ♪ ♪ There's a world to be discovered ♪ ♪ That's full of things to try ♪ ♪ Everything is waiting there ♪ ♪ Just for you and me ♪ ♪ Under the Blue Umbrella ♪ ♪ Just take a look and see ♪ ♪ ♪ Announcer> Welcome to this week's edition of Questions and Answers.

The show that answers the questions that you the viewers, have asked.

Your host, Claude Barber.

♪ Claude> Hi, C.B.

here with another exciting show of questions and answers.

Today's special question comes from Vera Holt of Juneau, Alaska.

She wants to know about globe's.

"What is a globe?"

"What is on a globe and how do you use a globe?"

Our special staff of experts have been researching this question for weeks.

That's because they didn't know the answer.

(Claude laughing) Well, back to the question.

I, I do get sidetracked rather easily.

Now, what was I talking about?

Oh, yes.

Globes.

What is a globe?

We first went to the dictionary and found this definition of the word "globe."

A globe is a model of the earth.

Yep.

That's right.

Globe: a model of the earth.

By a model of the earth, we mean that a globe is a smaller version of the earth.

A globe is shaped like the Earth.

It looks like the Earth.

Only it's much smaller than the Earth.

What did you say?

I can't hear you.

Oh, look at the screen.

(laughter) I forgot about the screen.

Oh, on the screen you see a picture of a car.

Is it a real car or is it a model of a car?

Yeah.

It looks like a real car to me.

Oh, well.

Oh... but I knew it was only a model car.

It looks like a real car.

It's the same shape as a real car, only it's much smaller.

If a globe is a model of the Earth, then the Earth must be the same shape as the globe.

And we all know that the Earth is round.

We have interviewed some very special guests about the shape of the Earth, and we have those interviews for you today.

Magellan was a sailor.

He lived a very long time ago.

Here he is getting his ship, the Victory, ready for a special sea voyage.

Come in, Ferdinand Magellan.

Ferdinand> Welcome to the Victory, C.B.

Claude> Thank you, Mr. Magellan.

We were wondering if you would try to tell Questions and Answers , something about the shape of the Earth.

Ferdinand> I'll be glad to try.

When I was a boy, I was taught that the Earth was flat, like this railing.

Everyone thought that a ship would fall off the Earth if you sailed too near the edge of it.

Just like this.

I don't believe that.

I believe the Earth is round, like this orange.

And I am going to prove it.

I am going to sail around the Earth.

I'm going to leave in this direction and return in this one.

All right men, let's get ready.

We're off to prove the Earth is round.

All right, let's step lively up there.

Watch yourselves.

Claude> He seems rather sure of himself, doesn't he?

Be careful, Mr. Magellan.

Don't fall off the edge of the Earth.

Now, don't be upset.

I'm only kidding.

I know the Earth isn't flat.

In fact, our next guest has proof that the Earth is round.

Yes.

He has seen the entire Earth all at once, from out in space.

He's an American astronaut.

Col. Hayes> I'm an astronaut.

A few days ago, I was on the Earth.

Today, I'm standing on the Moon.

From here, I can see the entire Earth.

And believe me, the Earth is round.

See for yourself.

The Earth is a planet out in space.

That's the Earth.

That big round ball out in space.

Claude> Excuse me, Colonel Hayes.

This is Claude "C.B."

Barber from Questions and Answers .

I've got a question I'd like you to answer, for me and all our many viewers.

How can the Earth look round to you out there, on the Moon.

When it looks flat to me as I see it here, on the Earth?

Col. Hayes> C.B., that's the reason people once thought the Earth was flat.

As you look at the Earth, when you're standing on it, you just see a small part of it.

The farther away you get from the Earth, the more you see of it.

When you get as far away from the Earth as I am now, you can see all of the Earth.

You said that the Earth you see looks flat.

Well, think about the Moon.

Sometimes when you look at the Moon from the Earth, doesn't it look round?

Well from up here, where I am, the Moon that I see looks flat.

And the Earth looks round.

Claude> Oh, I see.

It just depends on where you're seeing from... (Claude laughing) What you see.

See...

Seeing from.

(Claude laughing) That's a joke.

Oh, we'll be right back to Questions and Answers , after this quick message.

Child> Let's spend the afternoon on a trip.

Let's look at the Earth from a rocket ship.

(rocket boosters blasting) We spin like a top as we start through space.

We can put on our parachutes just in case.

We can see from far away.

The Earth is round.

It looks very different.

from down on the ground.

When we get back home, we can tell our friends that...

They should never believe that the Earth is flat.

Claude> Welcome back to Questions and Answers .

In the first part of this program, we discussed the shape of the Earth with Ferdinand Magellan and Captain Hayes.

Now, let's get on with the second part of today's question.

What is on the globe?

Professor Von Eger has done some additional research on the globe for us.

Professor?

Professor Von Eger?

Professor?!

You're on television, Professor.

Professor!

Professor> Oh, I sorry, C.B.

I didn't see that you was there.

I have been working on the problem that you gave me, and I now know all about globes.

This is a globe.

See how it is round?

Because the Earth is round.

Yes.

On Earth, we have many areas of water and areas of land.

You see all the different colors on the globe, those are there to tell us which areas are water, or which areas are land.

Now the water areas are usually blue.

On the land areas are usually... not a color.

See how they are yellow, they are brown, they are green, they are pink- Claude> Professor, wait a minute, Professor.

Professor> Yes C.B.

Claude> Thank you for your research.

Professor> You are welcome C.B.

Any time you need me, I'll be, right, right here in Colorado, I think.

That's a very nice place to be this time of year.

Claude> Wow.

I thought he would never stop.

We'll be back in a minute, to answer the last part of today's question.

First, this message.

♪ ♪ If somehow I could see the Earth from the Moon ♪ ♪ I'd see that it's only a ball ♪ ♪ Suspended in space like a giant balloon ♪ ♪ It looks like the globe after all ♪ ♪ For the Earth is a ball turning round and around ♪ ♪ The Earth is a ball turning round ♪ ♪ ♪ The globe in my classroom looks just like the Earth ♪ ♪ It spins with a touch of my hand ♪ ♪ You don't have to go into space on a search ♪ ♪ The globe lets us all understand ♪ ♪ That the Earth is a ball turning round and around ♪ ♪ The Earth is a ball turning round ♪ ♪ Claude> The last part of today's question is about how we use a globe.

We can use the globe to find places.

Oh, no, no, no, the places aren't lost.

We just don't know where they are located.

No, we can find them on a globe.

We can locate bodies of water and bodies of land.

Announcer> We interrupt this program for this special report.

Reporter> At Springdale Elementary School today, a class of students had a special lesson on the globe.

The members of the class whom I interviewed after the lesson were in agreement about certain facts.

One: The globe is a small model of the Earth.

One student explained this to me by showing me a doll.

A doll is a model of a person.

The doll looks like a person, but it is not the real thing and it's smaller.

The globe looks like the Earth, only it's much smaller and it is certainly not the real thing.

Two: The Earth is a planet in space.

If you could see the Earth from far out in space, you would see that it is round in shape.

Since the Earth is round, a globe is also round.

Three: On the Earth there are land areas and water areas.

The water areas on the globe are painted blue to represent the color of water.

The land areas are painted other colors.

These colors help us tell which areas are land and which are water.

Four: During the class, the students learned how to locate places on the globe.

This large body of water is an ocean.

This large land area is North America.

It is a continent.

There are many such land areas on the Earth and on the globe.

Most large bodies of land, such as North America are divided into smaller areas called countries.

The United States is a country.

It is a country in North America.

We live in the United States and therefore in North America.

The boys and girls said that "they had enjoyed locating places on the globe and that other people should try it."

I'm going to take their advice.

Here's Canada and here's Mexico, and this is the Atlantic Ocean, and here's the Pacific Ocean.

This special report was brought to you by our news staff.

Now back to the program already in progress.

Claude> We are all out of time Vera.

I hope we've answered your question about globe's today on Questions and Answers .

Join us next week and maybe we'll have the answer to your question.

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