geography grade 6 ch-1 ncert

What planet is known as the red planet because of its red looking surface?

• Earth

• Saturn

• Uranus

• Mars

A ____________ is a pattern of stars in the sky.

• Asteroid

• Comet

• Constellation

• Galaxy

Why is the shape of the earth geoid?

• It is slightly flattened at the poles

• It is spheroid at the poles

• Both (a) and (b)

• None of these

Which celestial bodies form the solar system?

• The sun

• The planets

• The satellites, asteroids and meteoroids

• All of the above

The word ‘planet’ has been derived from the word ‘planetai’ which is named as

• Latin word

• German word

• Greek word

• English word

The celestial bodies which do not have their own heat and light but are lit by the light of the stars are named as

• stars

• planets

• both (a) and (b)

• none of these

What is the shape of the Earth?

• Round

• Flat

• Geoid

The Earth is unique because

• It is a planet

• It has water

• It has no gases

• It is round

there are ................ planets in our solar system. (hint: Pluto was separated in 2006)

• 5

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 9

The earth is called a unique planet due to

• neither too hot nor too cold

• presence of air and water

• oxygen, light supporting gas

• all of these