Checking Unit 1: The Universe and the Earth

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1. Match the two columns with arrows: / Une las dos columnas con flechas:

A. ORBIT 1. Movement of a planet around its star.

B. PLANETARY YEAR 2. The path a planet makes around its star.

C. REVOLUTION 3. The time it takes a planet to rotate on its

axis.

D. PLANETARY DAY 4. Movement of a planet around its axis.

E. ROTATION AXIS 5. The time it takes a planet to orbit around

its star.

F. ROTATION 6. Imaginary line on which a planet rotates.

2. Write the name of the planets of the Solar system classifying them in
rocky or gaseous planets: / Escribe el nombre de los planetas del Sistema
solar clasificándolos en planetas rocosos o gaseosos:
Rocky planets Gaseous planets
3. Complete the text with the words below. / Completa el texto con las
palabras de debajo.

poles axis movement inclined revolution

orbits 365 planet nebula rotation stars

The matter of the universe is concentrated in galaxies. In a galaxy there are

millions of ______ and nebulas. A ______ is made of gas and dust.

The Earth is a _______. Its _________ axis passes through the ______ and
the axis is _______ in relation to the ecliptic.

Rotation is the ________ of the Earth around its own ________ and it causes
night and day.

_________ is the movement in which the Earth _______ around the Sun. It
takes the Earth _______ days and 6 hours to orbit the Sun.

5. Calculate:
a) Mercury is at 0’39 UA distance from the Sun. How many kilometres are?
(Mercurio está a 0.39AU de distancia del Sol. ¿Cuántos kilómetros son?

b) Urano is at 2.870.990.000 Km distance from the Sun. How many UA are?

(Urano está a 2.870.990.000km de distancia del Sol. ¿Cuántas UA son?
6. Look at the picture and answer the questions: / Mira la imagen y
contesta las preguntas:

a. Where do the rays of the Sun fall more directly on the northern or on the
southern hemisphere? (¿Dónde inciden los rayos del Sol más directamente:
en el hemisferio norte o en el sur?)

b. What season is in the northern hemisphere? And what is in the southern?

(¿Qué estación es en el hemisferio norte? ¿Y cuál es en el hemisferio sur?

7. Vocabulary: translate the next words. / Vocabulario: traduce las

siguientes palabras:
1. Celestial body:
2. Milky Way:
3. The Earth:
4. Revolution:
5. Leap year:
8. Put each season of the Northern Hemisphere where it is appropriate: /
Pon cada estación del hemisferio norte donde corresponde:
SUMMER - AUTUMN - WINTER - SPRING