Assessment criteria: The Universe

1. To describe and compare the geocentric model of the Universe and heliocentric one.
2. Describe the following characteristics of the 8 planets of our Solar System: sense of rotation and revolution, presence and composition of their atmosphere, presence of rings, names of their satellites and other features.
3. The movements of the Moon (rotation and revolution): sense, duration and the far side of the Moon.
4. Describe the characteristics of the celestial bodies from the diagram: planets (gas giant and terrestrial ones), dwarf planets, satellites and small bodies (asteroids and comets).
5. To explain what a star is and to describe its origin and evolution.
6. Describe the forces acting inside a star (gravity and fusion reactions) and how they are related.
7. Describe what happens at the different stages of the evolution of stars with different masses.
8. To explain the origin of the Universe from the big bang.
9. Given a diagram with the positions of the Sun, the Moon and the Earth, name and draw the eight phases of the Moon and the shape we see from the Earth, both from the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
10. Know the concepts of high, low, spring and neap tides, and how they work.
11. Understand the concepts of solar and lunar eclipse, types (full and partial), and their requirements to occur.
12. Solve mathematical problems which include percentages, scales and the use of magnitudes such as astronomical units and light-years.