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Topic 1. The universe: the solar system
Topic 1. The universe: the solar system
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Every 4 years on day is added to the month of February. These are called…
Leap years
Busiest years
Lucky years
2
Outer planets: These are farther away from the Sun, are gaseous planets and have more satellites.
False
True
3
What are the movements the planets make?
Forwards and backwards
Revolution and up
Rotation and down
Rotation and revolution
4
Comet Halley is a large, bright comet that orbits around the Sun, completing a turn approximately every 75 years
False
True
5
What is the Earth’s satellite?
Ceres
Mickey Mouse
The Moon
Europe
6
The spring equinox in the north hemisphere is in April 21st
False
True
7
The distance between stars is measured by: light years(red) or km (blue)
True
False
8
Inner planets: They are the closest ones to the Sun, terrestrial planets usually smaller in size and with few satellites
False
True
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What do ___ leave when they hit the surface?
Meteorites. Crater
Sponge Bob. Water
Grandma. Money
Comet. Ice
10
According to the Big Bang theory the universe originated by…
The celestials created everything
The explosion of a small nucleus of matter
God
the fusion of energy, matter, time and space
11
The Universe is formed by: celestial bodies(blue) or planets and stars(red)
True
False
12
During the winter solstice in the North Pole, there is a night that last 24 hours. This is called the…
Polar Night
Lunar night
“I can’t sleep” night
Halloween night
13
What is the name of our star?
Andromeda
Sun
Ceres
14
Select the false option. The solar rays reach the earth’s surface with different inclination:
There is no false option
Perpendicularly: with maximum intensity of insolation
Inclined: there is almost an absence of rays
15
What are stars?
Shining asteroids with light but no heat
Celestial bodies with their own light and heat
16
The universe is in…
Moon
Constant motion
Our minds
The universe
17
The Universe is…
Space, planets, stars and galaxies
Stars, asteroids, planets and satellites
asteroids, time, energy and black holes
Space, time, matter and energy
18
The sun disappears in the north
False
True
19
What is the revolution movement?
When Jupiter rotates around the Moon
When the Sun rotates around Mars
When the planets orbit around the Sun
When the planets rotate on themselves
20
The consequences of the rotation movement are: succession of day and night, cardinal points, time zones
False
True
21
In which galaxy do we find ourselves?
Earth
Milky Way
In Andromeda
Nestlé
22
How many time zones does the Earth have?
12
24
6
Each country has their own time zone
23
The Earth is about ____ million km2
510
498
500
410
24
The solar system appeared about 5000 million years ago
True
False
25
There are two intermediate moments in which the solar rays arrive with less intensity. They are:
Dawn and morning
Noon and night
Sunset and afternoon
Dawn and sunset
26
What shape is the planets’ orbit shaped?
Circular
Elliptical
Cuadrangular
27
The rays give light and heat so, if there’s sunshine, there is light and heat and, therefore, it’s ____
Nighttime
Daytime
28
We must delay the clock 1 hour for each time zone to the East and advance it by 1 hour for each time zone to the West
True
False
29
When is the summer solstice in the north hemisphere?
March 21st
October 23rd
June 21st
September 21st
30
The Earth turns towards the South
False
True
31
What are the 3 circumstances the Earth has that allows life on Earth?
Atmosphere, solid water, beach
Love, family and money;)
Chocolate, grandma and money
Moderate temperature, atmosphere, liquid water
32
It takes a whole year (____ days, __ hours and __ minutes) to complete a spin
365 days, 6 hours and 9 minutes
365 days, 6 hours and 4 minutes
345 days, 7 hours and 5 minutes
356 days, 9 hours and 6 minutes
33
When is the winter solstice in the north hemisphere?
March 32
June 23rd
December 21st
September 8th
34
Select the option that isn’t a climatic zone of the Earth
Freeze zone: very very very very very very very very very very very coooldd
Warm zone: between two tropics (Cancer and Capricorn), and most insolation
Temperate zone: tropic to the polar circles. 4 seasons.
Cold zone: between artic and Antarctic circles and the poles.
35
The consequences of the revolution movement are: seasons, equinoxes and solstices, and climates
True
False
36
The side that isn’t exposed to the solar rays doesn’t have light or heat, it’s nighttime
False
True
37
The earth’s axis is tilted
False
True
38
It takes the Earth 24 hours (23 hour and 58 minutes) to make a complete spin
False
True
39
The Milky Way rotates on itself completing one turn every _______ years
215 million years
125 years
225 billion years
225 million years
40
Which are dwarf planets?
Ceres
Eris
Moon
Pluto
41
What separates the two groups of planets?
Planets
Comets
A belt of asteroids
Stars
42
The Earth turns in a _____________ direction
West-East
South-North
43
Which are the inner planets?
Mars, Venus, Mercury and the Earth
The Earth, Mars, Nestle, Jupiter
Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Saturn
Venus, Mars, Neptune and Uranus
44
The place that is the most exposed to the Sun changes throughout the year from the ____________ to the __________
The Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
Artic circle, Antarctic circle
Ecuator and the pole
Poles
45
Which are the outer planets
Pluto, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Jupiter
All the answers are wrong
All the answers are correct
Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter and Neptune
46
What is the rotation movement?
When the planets rotate around Mars
When the Sun rotates around us
When the planets and satellites orbit around the Sun
When the planets rotate on themselves
47
It dawns first on the places situated towards the…
East
West
South
North
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The fall equinox in the north hemisphere is in September 21st
False
True
