Astronomy
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100

This is the second most massive object in our solar system after the Sun.

 (What is Jupiter?)

100

According to quantum mechanics, particles can act as both of these.

(What are waves and particles?)

100

The theoretical boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape is the event horizon.  How do you translate it? 

Horizonte de sucesos

200

What are the only 2 planets in the Solar System without  satellites? 

Mercury and Venus

200

What's the only planet, that we know of, inhabited by robots?

Mars
200

Tiny organisms that can survive extreme conditions in space are Extremophiles. What's that in Spanish?

Extremófilos

300
How fast light travels in space and how much is a light year in kilometers? 


Speed=299,792 kilometers per second

1 light year= 9.46 trillion kilometers or 9.46 billones de kilómetros

300

This law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

(What is the law of conservation of energy?)

300

What does DNA, a molecule stores genetic information and can be affected by cosmic radiation, stand for?

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).

400

What's the closest start to the Solar System?

Proxima Centauri 4.24 light years from Earth (≈ 40 trillion km)

400

The entropy of an isolated system always tends to increase, according to this law.

(What is the second law of thermodynamics?)

400

On the Periodic table what do Au and Ag mean?

Gold and silver

500

What's AU in the context of space? 

Astronomical Unit

  • 1 AU = the average distance between Earth and the Sun.

  • Numerically, that’s about 149,597,870 km 

  • Mars is about 1.5 AU.

  • Jupiter is about 5.2 AU.

500

The quantum entanglement is a phenomenon where particles instantaneously affect each other over long distances. What's that in Spanish?

Entrelazamiento cuántico

500
Does the moon rotate on its axis? 

Yes. 

  • The Moon’s rotation period (the time it takes to spin once on its axis) is about 27.3 days, which is the same as its orbital period around Earth.

  • This is why the Moon is tidally locked with Earth — the same side always faces us


Bloqueo de marea” or “acoplamiento de marea”

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