P1: The Earth and the Universe

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P1: The Earth and the Universe P.Percy Norton College

What is the Earth made of? What is gravity? What do you already know about the Earth & the Universe?

How old are rocks? Which are the oldest? How do we know? Who was James Hutton?

What are the 3 pieces of Wegener’s evidence? Why was he not believed? What other explanation was there?

What are tectonic plates What are tectonic plates? How do Earthquakes, volcanoes & tsunamis happen?

Can we prevent natural disasters? What can governments do?

What causes craters? How do we know which craters are the oldest?

What killed off the dinosaurs. What evidence is there What killed off the dinosaurs? What evidence is there? Could it happen again?

How do we know the surface temperature of a star How do we know the surface temperature of a star? How do we know the composition of a star? Why are all living things made of stardust?

How do we measure the distance to a star? Is our Sun the only star which has planets orbiting? Is there any evidence for life anywhere other than Earth?

What does the Universe look like? How do we know?

How did the Universe begin? What evidence do we have?