Science

What is the name of the cloud of gas and dust?

• Supernova

• Nebula

• Black Hole

• Comet

Why did our sun begin to shine?

• Due to a collision with another star

• Due to the enormous amount of energy released

• Because of the formation of black holes

• Due to the cooling of the Earth's atmosphere

What is the name of the disk that contains remains and began to spin?

• Protoplanetary disk

• Asteroid belt

• Accretion disk

• Kuiper belt

One of the scientists who participated in the French Geodetic Mission

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Marie de La Condamine

• Galileo Galilei

Civilizations that thought the earth was a flat disk supported by mythological creatures

• Mesopotamia and Egypt

• Greece and Rome

• China and India

• Maya and Aztec

What did the Greeks use to know that the Earth was spherical?

• The shape of mountains

• Lunar eclipses

• The position of the stars

• Solar eclipses

What did Magellan do to confirm the curvature of the planet?

• Measured the shadow of the Earth on the Moon

• Traveled to the North Pole

• Circumnavigated the globe

• Observed the horizon from a mountain peak

What is the highest point on earth measured at sea level?

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• Mount Everest

• Mount Denali

• Mount Elbrus

What is the highest point on earth measured from the Equator?

• Mount Everest

• Mount Denali

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• Mount Chimborazo

What is the name of the planet that collided with the Earth and formed the Moon?

• Theia

• Mars

• Titan

• Europa