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Social Sciences 6th Course - The Universe

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  • WHAT WAS THE FIRST LIVING BEING TO GO INTO SPACE? WHEN DID IT GO INTO SPACE?
    IT WAS THE DOG LAIKA, FROM RUSSIA. SHE WENT INTO SPACE IN 1957.
  • WHEN DID THE FIRST HUMANS LAND ON THE MOON? WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE MISSION AND WHERE WAS IT FROM?
    IN 1969. IT WAS THE APOLLO 11 MISSION, FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
  • WHAT CAUSES THE HIGH TIDES AND LOW TIDES?
    THE GRAVITY OF THE MOON / THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF THE MOON
  • WHEN DID THE UNIVERSE START TO EXIST WITH THE BIG BANG?
    14 BILLION YEARS AGO
  • GUESS THE ASTRONOMICAL OBJECT: THEY ARE SMALL PIECES OF ASTEROIDS OR COMETS THAT SOMETIMES ENTER THE EARTH ATMOSPHERE AND BURN IN THE ATMOSPHERE OR HIT THE GROUND
    THEY ARE METEOROIDS, METEORS OR METEORITES
  • WHAT SEASON IS IT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WHILE IT'S AUTUMN IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE?
    IT'S SPRING
  • WHERE IS THE MOON DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE?
    THE MOON IS BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE EARTH DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE / IN FRONT OF THE SUN.
  • HOW MANY TIME ZONES ARE THERE ON EARTH?
    THERE ARE 24 TIME ZONES
  • WHAT DO WE CALL THE MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH AROUND THE SUN?
    REVOLUTION
  • WHAT ASTRONOMICAL OBJECT REVOLVES AROUND THE EARTH?
    THE MOON
  • WHAT KEEPS ALL THE COMPONENTS OF A GALAXY TOGETHER?
    THE FORCES OF GRAVITY
  • WHAT IS THIS? IS IT AN ASTRONOMICAL OBJECT? WHY?
    IT'S AN ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE. IT'S NOT AN ASTRONOMICAL OBJECT BECAUSE IT'S ARTIFICIAL / MANMADE / NOT NATURAL
  • WHAT IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE? WHEN DOES HAPPEN IT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE?
    IT'S THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR / THE DAY WITH THE FEWEST HOURS OF DAYLIGHT. IT HAPPENS ON THE 21ST OR 22ND OF DECEMBER IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
  • WHERE DOES THE SUN RISE? AND WHERE DOES IT SET?
    IT RISES IN THE EAST AND SETS IN THE WEST.
  • HOW LONG DOES ONE ROTATION OF THE EARTH TAKE?
    24 HOURS (A DAY)
  • HOW LONG DOES THE EARTH TAKE TO REVOLVE AROUND THE SUN?
    365 DAYS (A YEAR)
  • GUESS THE ASTRONOMICAL OBJECT: THEY ARE LARGE ROCKS THAT ORBIT THE SUN, MOSTLY IN THE SPACE BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER
    THEY'RE ASTEROIDS
  • WHERE DO TELESCOPES WORK BEST?
    IN PLACES WHERE THERE'S NO LIGHT POLLUTION, WHERE THERE IS LITTLE OR NO ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
  • WHAT TWO MOVEMENTS DOES THE EARTH DO? CAN YOU EXPLAIN EACH OF THEM?
    ROTATION, THE EARTH SPINS ON ITS OWN AXIS, AND REVOLUTION, THE EARTH ORBITS AROUND THE SUN
  • WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BUILDINGS WHERE WE KEEP POWERFUL TELESCOPES THAT ARE VERY BIG?
    OBSERVATORIES (OBSERVATORY)
  • WHAT SEASON IS IT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WHILE IT'S SUMMER IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE?
    IT'S WINTER
  • WHERE IS THE MOON DURING A LUNAR ECLIPSE?
    THE MOON IS BEHIND THE EARTH DURING A LUNAR ECLIPSE / THE EARTH IS BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE MOON.
  • WHAT SEASON IS IT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WHILE IT'S SPRING IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE?
    IT'S AUTUMN
  • WHY DO WE HAVE FOUR SEASONS ON EARTH? NAME TWO REASONS FOR THIS
    BECAUSE THE EARTH'S ORBIT AROUND THE SUN IS AN ELLIPSE, NOT A CIRCLE AND ITS AXIS IS TILTED, NOT VERTICAL.
  • WHAT DO WE CALL THE MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH TURNING ON ITS OWN AXIS?
    ROTATION
  • GUESS THE ASTRONOMICAL OBJECT: IT'S MADE OF ICE, ROCKS AND DUST. THE ICE VAPORIZES LEAVING A TAIL BEHIND.
    IT'S A COMET
  • HOW MANY PLANETS ARE THERE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?
    THERE ARE EIGHT (8) PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
  • WHAT ARE MERIDIANS?
    MERIDIANS ARE IMAGINARY LINES THAT GO FROM THE NORTH POLE TO THE SOUTH POLE AND DIVIDE THE WORLD INTO DIFFERENT TIME ZONES.
  • WHAT SEASON IS IT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WHILE IT'S WINTER IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE?
    IT'S SUMMER
  • IS SPAIN AHEAD OR BEHIND UNITED KINGDOM TIME? BY HOW MANY HOURS?
    SPAIN IS ONE HOUR AHEAD OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TIME BY ONE HOUR (+1) AS ARE GERMANY AND OTHER CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, BUT NOT PORTUGAL OR THE CANARY ISLANDS.
  • IN WHAT DIRECTION DOES THE EARTH ROTATE, CLOCKWISE OR ANTICLOCKWISE?
    ANTICLOCKWISE
  • WHAT MOON PHASE CAN YOU SEE?
    FULL MOON
  • WHAT IS THE SUMMER SOLSTICE? WHEN DOES HAPPEN IT IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE?
    IT'S THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR / THE DAY WITH MOST HOURS OF DAYLIGHT. IT HAPPENS ON THE 21ST OR 22ND OF JUNE IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
  • WHEN THE EARTH START TO FORM?
    4.5 BILLION YEARS AGO
  • NAME THE PLANETS OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IN ORDER FROM CLOSEST TO FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE SUN
    MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE.
  • SAY THREE DIFFERENT SHAPES OF GALAXIES
    ELLIPTICAL, SPIRAL AND IRREGULAR
  • WHAT DO WE CALL THE IMAGINARY LINE THAT GOES FROM THE NORTH POLE AND SOUTH POLE ON WHICH THE EARTH ROTATES?
    AXIS
  • WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MOST ACCEPTED THEORY ABOUT HOW THE UNIVERSE BEGAN?
    THE BIG BANG THEORY
  • WHAT SHAPE IS OUR GALAXY?
    SPIRAL
  • WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN SPACE? WHERE WAS HE OR SHE FROM?
    YURI GAGARIN. HE WAS RUSSIAN (FROM THE USSR)
  • WHERE IS THE PRIME MERIDIAN AND WHAT OTHER NAME DOES IT HAVE?
    THE PRIME MERIDIAN OR GREENWICH MERIDIAN PASSES THROUGH GREENWICH IN LONDON.
  • WHERE ARE THE ASTERIOD BELTS?
    THE ASTEROID BELT IS BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER AND THE KUIPER BELT IS OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM
  • WHAT IS THE NAME OF OUR GALAXY?
    THE MILKY WAY
  • WHAT PLANET IS THIS? WHAT ARE ITS TWO NEIGHBOUR PLANETS?
    IT'S JUPITER. ITS NEIGHBOUR PLANETS ARE MARS AND SATURN
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