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WorksheetsGeography: The Earth In The Solar System
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What are the twinkling objects we see in the night sky known as?
Moon
Sun
Stars
Asteroids
The other name of full moon day is known as
Amavasya
Purnima
Full moon day
New moon day
The various types of patterns that are formed by stars are known as
Constellation
Star patterns
Saptarishi
None of these
(a) is the constellation made by group of seven stars
In ancient times people used to determine directions using the help of
Stars
Moon
Planets
Sun
Pole star is also known as
North star
Saptarishi
Ursa Major
None of these
North star points the (a) direction
Some celestial bodies are lit by stars, they are known as
(a)
The word 'planet' comes from the Greek word ____________ meaning ___________
Planetai
Wanderers
Orbiter
None of these
How many planets are there in the solar system?
8
9
7
5
How many planets were there in the year 2005
8
9
7
10
The sun is in the (a) of the solar system. (hint: location)
The sun is _____________ distance away from the Earth
150 million kilometers
150 million miles
50 million miles
None of these
The fixed elongated path in which the planets move around the sun is (a)
Mercury takes 88 days to take one round of the sun
True
False
Which planet is called Earth's twin
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
Earth is the ___________ largest planet in the solar system
Fifth
Third
sixth
Second
The Earth is also called the________ planet
Blue
Green
Green and blue
None of these
The moons diameter is _________ of that of the earth
1/5
1/4
1/6
Whole
The moons gravity is__________ of that of Earth
1/6
1/4
1/5
None of these
The moon is____________ kilometers away from the Earth
500,000
200,000
384,400
None of these
Asteroides are found between the orbits of ___________ and ____________
Mars
Jupiter
Earth
Uranus
Small pieces of rock which move around the sun are called
Meteroids
Asteroids
Planets
Stars
Pluto has not been considered a planet since
August 2006
September 2005
November 2008
None of these
What is the speed of light
300,000 km/s
100,000 km/m
None of these
'Sol' in Roman means
(a)
'ge' in Greek means
(a)
Which galaxy do we belong to?
(a)
What do we call the milky way galaxy in 'hindi'
(a)
(a) of galaxies form the universe
