Photosynthesis
Which organisms can do photosynthesis?
Autotrophs / Plants
What type of celestial body is the sun?
A star
What is the name of OUR galaxy?
Milky Way
How long does it take the Earth to rotate and revolve around the sun?
Rotate: one day, revolve: a year
How do you call the scientist who studies the universe and all its parts?
Astronomer
Mention the reactants of photosynthesis process.
Water + CO2 (Carbon dioxide) + sunlight
What type of celestial body is the moon?
A satellite
Which are the three types of galaxies?
Spiral, elliptical and irregular
What is the name of the imaginary tilted line through Earth?
axis
Which is "the red" planet?
Mars
Mention the products of photosynthesis?
Glucose and oxygen
Which is the outermost layer of the sun?
Corona
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
Spiral
When the northern hemisphere is in winter? Which season is happening in the southern hemisphere?
summer
What is the elestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a ‘tail’ of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
Comet
What is the name of the organelle inside the plant where photosynthesis happen?
Chloroplast
How long does it take for light and heat to travel from the sun to Earth?
8 minutes
What is the most abundant element in the Milky Way Galaxy?
Hydrogen
Which are the two seasons in Costa Rica?
Dry season and rainy season
How is the force that pulls the planets to orbit around the sun?
Gravity
What is the role of the mitochondria in the process of photosynthesis?
To turn the sugar made in the chloroplast into energy the cell can use.
How do you call the patches on the sun that are cooler?
sunspots
Mention a name of another galaxy, that is not the Milky Way.
Sombrero, Whirpool, Andromeda, NGC 1300... etc
Explain the movements of the earth, the moon and the sun.
The sun does not move, but the Earth revolves around the sun while the moon revolves around the Earth. Meanwhile the Earth also rotates on its own axis, as well as the moon.
Name the 8 planets of our Solar System.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune