The Universe
What is the name of our Galaxy?
Milky Way
Give one Planet in our Solar System
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The ________ gives the Earth its seasons
Earth's Revolution
Which planet is the farthest from the Sun?
Neptune
The ______ is the distance of any point from the Equator.
Latitude.
The theory that was used to explain the creation of the Universe
The Big Bang Theory
Give one Minor Planet in our Solar System.
Pluto, Eris, Ceres, MakeMake, Haumea
The Equator divides the Earth into two: the Northern Hemisphere, also known as the ______, and the Southern Hemisphere, also known as the ________.
The Continental Hemisphere, The Maritime Hemisphere.
What kind of Map is used to know the country's tourism industry?
Economic Map
The Prime Meridian passes through what place?
Greenwich
What is the cluster of Galaxies our Galaxy is a part of
The Local Group
What is the biggest planet in our Solar System?
Jupiter
What is the difference between the Solstice and the Equinox?
Solstice gives us the longest and shortest days in our year and the Equinox gives us a day that has equal hours of daytime and nighttime.
What is the shape of the Earth?
It is a sphere that is flattened at the top and at the bottom.
How do we measure latitudes and longitudes?
By degrees, minutes, and seconds.
It is estimated that the Universe is ______ years old.
14 billion.
Who was the person that discovered the 4 Moons of Jupiter?
Galileo Galilei
Who was the person that discovered that the Earth was not the center of our Solar System?
Nicolaus Copernicus
What planets are visible to us on Earth?
Venus, Mars, Mercury
What is the system that we use today to navigate and locate places?
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Describe the Milky Way Galaxy
It is spiral-shaped with long arms on the sides.
What is the term used to depict that the Sun is the center of the Solar System and not the Earth?
Heliocentrism
What is the term we use to describe the Earth's movement around the Sun in Revolution?
Orbit
What is the difference between stars and planets
Stars are made of gas and they create their own light while planets do not create their own light.
This kind of Map projection is done by choosing one point and recreates a map of the Earth from that point.
Conic Projection.