Monthly Assessment: Science: C-5

The first man to go into the space_________., The first woman to go into the space ___________., The first Indian to go into space _________., The first Indian woman to go into the space _________.

• Yuri Gagarin, Kalpana Chawla, Rakesh Sharma, Valentina Tereshkova.

• Yuri Gagarin, Sunita Williams, Rakesh Sharma, Valentina Tereshkova.

• Yuri Gagarin, Kalpana Chawla, Rakesh Sharma, Sunita Williams.

• Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova, Rakesh Sharma, Kalpana Chawla .

Gravity on the Moon is ________ the gravity on Earth.

• less than

• greater than

• the same as

Angela watched the Moon from her bedroom window for one week. She noticed that, at first, it was round and fully lit. At the end of the week, the Moon was lit on the left side and looked like it had been cut in half. How do scientists describe this stage of the moon phase cycle?

• waning

• wasting

• waxing

• warming

This has (virtually) no atmosphere because its gravity is too weak to hold on to atmosphere over time.

• Moon

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Sun

The tides are caused by gravitational pull on the oceans by

• the Sun and Moon.

• the Sun and Earth.

• the other planets

This has (virtually) no atmosphere because its gravity is too weak to hold on to atmosphere over time.

• Moon

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Sun

Which of the order shown below gives the correct change in the size of the moon (1- New Moon, 2- Crescent Moon, 3- Half Moon, 4- Full Moon.)

• 1>2>3>4

• 1<2<3<4

• 1=2=3=4

People studying earthquakes are called _______

• Seismologists

• Doctors

• Astrologers

• All of these

Earthquakes are measured on

• Ruler

• Barometer

• Richter Scale

• All of these

Which one of the following are causes of draught?

• Less rainfall

• High temperature

• Dry Winds

• All of these