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Unit 1: The Universe, the Earth and the Solar System
Unit 1: The Universe, the Earth and the Solar System
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What astronomical object is a giant mass of gases made up mainly of hydrogen?
A comet
The Sun
A star
A shooting star
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The phases of the Moon affect...
The rivers
The Sun
The tides
The night
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A big ball of gas that releases heat and light is...
An asteroid belt
A star
A meteorite
A shooting star
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The hydrosphere is...
All the water on Earth
Lakes and rivers
Groundwater
Clouds and rain
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The Earth's average surface temperature is...
15*C
50*C
20*C
25*C
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The Earth has 4 spheres: hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere and...
Core
Biosphere
Ozone Layer
Bisphere
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Asteroids, meteorites and comets are...
Shooting stars
Celestial bodies
Bodies of ice and rock
Satellites
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Which of these are outer planets?
Uranus, Jupiter and Mercury
Neptune, Uranus and Saturn
Saturn, Mars and Venus
Jupiter, Mars and Neptune
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The stratosphere and the troposphere are separated by the ozone layer and belong...
to the atmosphere
to the Sky
to the hydrosphere
Nowhere
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The Solar System is made up of...
Energy
The Sun, the planets and satellites
Stars
The Sun, the planets and celestial bodies
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The Universe is made up of...
Air
Satellites
The Solar System
Galaxies
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According to the Big Bang Theory, the Universe was formed almost...
1,400.000 billion years ago
140,000 billion years ago
1,400 billion years ago
14,000 billion years ago
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The layer of gas that surrounds the Earth is...
The atmosphere
The Ozone Layer
The stratosphere
The hydrosphere
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The centre of our Solar System is...
The Earth
Its axis
There is no centre
The Sun
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What causes seasons?
Rotation
The Earth's tilted position
Revolution
The Earth's axis
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Which movement of the Moon takes 28 days to be complete?
Tides
Revolution
Rotation and revolution
Rotation
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The Big Bang was a gigantic explosion that propelled...
Heat and matter
Energy and heat
Light and matter
Energy and matter
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The galaxy where we live is called...
The Milky Way
The Milky Sistem
The Milki Way
The Milky Galaxy
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Galaxies, stars, planets, satellites and other astronomical objects form...
The Universe
The Big Bang Theory
The Milky Way
All the galaxies
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Is there an Earth's movement that takes 48h to be complete?
Yes, it is called rotation
Yes
Yes, it is called revolution
No
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When the Moon's position is between the Sun and the Earth we have a...
Solar eclipse
Starlight
Lunar eclipse
Total eclipse
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A group of millions of stars is called...
Meteorite
Galaxy
The Sun
Universe
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"It is 10km high. Life exists in its lower part and it produces clouds, rain and snow"
The ozone layer
Water
The troposphere
The hydrosphere
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The Earth has 4 spheres: hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere and...
Biosphere
Bisphere
Core
Ozone Layer
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"The Earth takes 365 days to orbit the Sun"
False
It depends on the rotation
True
Just when Summer is over
