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How long does it take the Earth to complete a rotation?
24 hours
How long does it take the Earth to complete a revolution?
364 days
What´s rotation?
The Earth´s movement around its axis
What´s revolution?
The Earth´s movement around the sun
What´s at the centre of the galaxy?
A black hole
Groups of billions of stars, gas and dust orgiting around a black hole
Galaxy
Space "snowballs" with frozen gas and dust
Comets
Pieces of asteroids, comets, planets, moons that end up hitting the Earth´s atmosphere
Meteors
Which planet has the slowest rotation?
Venus
Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
Which planet spins on its side?
Uranus
Which planet has the fastest rotation?
Jupiter
What causes tides?
The moon´s gravity
T/F: The rise in the level of the ocean is called high tide
True
