1. The Universe
What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
The Milky Way
Which planet in the Solar System has more moons?
Saturn
What movement of the Earth causes the changes of day and night?
Rotation
How much time does the Moon take to do a full rotation to the Earht?
28 days
When (year) did the first human get to the Moon?
In 1969
When was the Big Bang theory proposed?
1931
What are the 8 planets of the Solar System in order?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
What is the revolution of the Earth? What does it cause?
The revolution is the movement the Earth does around the Sun. It causes the seasons.
What is the difference between rotation and revolution of the moon?
Who was the first human who got on the Moon and what was his nationality?
Neil Armstrong was American
What is a star?
A star is an enormous sphere of gas that produces light and heat.
What is an orbit?
An orbit is a regular repeating path that an object in spaces takes around another one.
In which part of the Earth is the Sun going to appear first? Italy or Argentina?
Italy
Marias
Who was the first human to get into space and what was his nationality?
Yuri Gagarin was Russian.
What does the Big Bang theory consist of? What does it say?
The Big Bang theory explains the origin of the universe. This theory says that the universe was a single point that suddenly started to expand forming the galaxies, stars, systems...
Pluto is a dwarf planet but it hasn't always been like this. In which year was considered a dwarf planet? How many other dwarf planets are there in the Solar System?
Pluto was considered a dwarf planet in 2006 and there are other 4 other dwarf planets.
Why does life exist on Earth? What are the conditions that Earth has that makes it so especial?
The Earth has oxygen, liquid water, the right distance to the Sun and an atmosphere.
How can we see the Moon from the Earth?
The Sun's light is reflected on the Moon.
The first woman was Valentina Tereshkova and was Russian.
Edwin Hubble is a scientist who observed someting very important about the galaxies. What were his observations and what was the conclusions?
Edwin Hubble observed that galaxies were moving away from us. This means that the universe is constantly getting bigger.
The Solar System was formed when a cloud of dust and gas exploded. The gravitational force put all these materials together and formed first the Sun and then the rest of the celestial bodies.
Explain how the Earth is tilted in different seasons.
The Earth's Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun and in winter, it is tilted away from the Sun.
What are the tides and how are they related to the Moon?
Tides are the regular rise and fall of the seas and ocens. This change is caused by the gravitational force of the Moon.
What is the international space station?