The Earth and The Solar System Multiple questions

The Earth and The Solar System

Choose the correct answer:

1. The planet that can be viewed only through a telescope is ............
(a) Mercury 
(b) Uranus
(c) Mars
 
2. All the planets revolve around the Sun in an ............. path.
(a) circular 
(b) elliptical
(c) square
 
3. Asteroids are found between .................... . 
(a) Earth and Mars 
(b) Mars and Jupiter
(c) Jupiter and Saturn
 
4. The shape of the moon keeps changing ............... .
(a) once in a year 
(b) every day
(c) once in a month 
(d) none
 
5. “ Morning Star” – A planet known by this name is .................. .
(a) Mercury 
(b) Jupiter
(c) Venus 
(d) Saturn
 
6. Earth’s atmosphere has ...................... .
(a) Oxygen 
(b) water
(c) Rocks 
(d) None of these
 
7. All planets revolve around the Sun in .................. .
(a) circular path 
(b) random path
(c) elliptical path 
(d) None
 
8. Ramanujam was a ................ .
(a) Scientist 
(b) Astronomer
(c) Mathematician 
(d) Father of Atomic energy
 

Fill in the blanks:

1.Pluto, Chardon, Ceres, Eris are known as ........................ .
Ans: Dwarf Planets
 
2.The Earth is approximately ................... kms away from Sun. 
Ans: 150 million
 
3.Moon is a ............... .
Ans: Satellite
 
4. In India, Milky Way is called by the name .................. .
Ans: Akash Ganga
 
5. Constellations of stars in the sky is known as .............................. .
Ans: Galaxy
 
6. Earth is called as the ................. .
Ans: Living Planet
 
7. When it is summer in India, it is ................. in America.
Ans: winter
 
8. If moon had gone around the sun, it would have been called a ...................... .
Ans: planet
 

Match the following:

1. Life is seen                             (a) Saturn
 
2. Orbit                                       (b) Sun
 
3. Head of the solar family         (c) not a planet
 
4. Planet with rings                    (d) path of the planet
 
5. Moon                                      (e) the Universe
 
6. Streaks of light                       (f) Akash Ganga 
 
7. Galaxies form                         (g) Meteoroids
 
8. The Milky way                       (h) only on Earth
 
Ans:[ 1.(h); 2.(d); 3.(b); 4.(a); 5.(c); 6.(g); 7.(e); 8.(f);]