THE UNIVERSE
What is the universe?
This is everything that exists: space, stars, planets and galaxies.
What is the Sun?
The star at the centre of the Solar System.
What is Mercury?
The planet closest to the Sun.
Why is Earth unique?
Earth is unique because it has life.
What is the Moon?
Earth’s natural satellite.
What is the Big Bang?
This theory explains how the universe began with a big explosion.
What are asteroids?
These objects orbit the Sun and are smaller than planets.
What is Earth?
The third planet from the Sun.
What is rotation related to Earth?
The movement of the Earth that causes day and night.
What is revolution for the Moon?
The Moon takes 28 days to go around the Earth.
What are galaxies?
Very large groups of stars, dust and gas are called…
What are comets?
These are made of ice and dust and form a tail when close to the Sun.
What is Jupiter?
The largest planet in the Solar System.
What is revolution related to Earth?
The movement of the Earth around the Sun.
What is the full moon?
When the Moon is completely bright.
What is a star?
A celestial body that produces its own light.
What are dwarf planets?
Planets that are smaller than normal planets, like Pluto.
What is Mars?
The red planet. The fourth planet from the Sun.
What does the Sun do to the Earth so there is life?
One condition for life on Earth: the right distance from the Sun
What is a lunar eclipse?
When the Earth blocks the Sun’s light and the Moon looks dark.
What is the Milky Way?
The galaxy where our Solar System is located.
What orbits the Sun?
The Solar System is made up of the Sun and everything that sourrounds it like celestial bodies (stars, planets, comets, asteroids...)
Say the order of the planets of the solar system
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
What are the three conditions to live on the Earth?
The right ditance from the sun, liquid water and atomosphere
What are tides?
The movement of the sea caused mainly by the Moon.