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Our universe

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which planet in the solar system has the highest density?

a)

Earth

b)

Uranus

c)

Neptune

d)

Jupiter

2.

What is the time taken by the light of the sun to reach the earth?

a)

8 min

b)

7 min

c)

9 min

d)

8 min 20sec

3.

Which of the following planets in the solar system takes the shortest revolution?

a)

Neptune

b)

Mars

c)

Mercury

d)

Venus

4.

What is the hottest planet in our solar system?

a)

Mars

b)

Venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Uranus

5.

With which US spacecraft did Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin jr land on the moon?

a)

Apollo 7

b)

Apollo 17

c)

Apollo 11

d)

Apollo 13

6.

What makes a planet a dwarf planet?

a)

Smell

b)

Size& Shape

c)

Distance from the sun

d)

Colour

7.

In which year was India's first mission to Mars mangalyan launched?

a)

2012

b)

2013

c)

2011

d)

2014

8.

Who discovered the laws of planetary motion?

a)

Copurnious

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

Newton

9.

Who was the first to suggest the idea of an artificial satellite?

a)

Leonard da Vinci

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Galileo

d)

Sir isaac Newton

10.

What is the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere called?

a)

Core

b)

Corona

c)

Chromosphere

d)

Penumbra

11.

Can you guess the type of galaxy were exploring today

a)

Spiral

b)

Elliptical

c)

Irregular

d)

Irrational

12.

How old is the universe?

a)

Infinitely old

b)

Over three trillion years old

c)

About 400 billion years old

d)

About 14 billon years old

13.

Evidence that galaxies further away are moving at a faster rate than galaxies closer to us.. support s which concept?

a)

The big bang theory

b)

The animatter theory

c)

The cosmological theory

d)

The closesd universe model

14.

Place these objects in order from smallest to largest

a)

Planets-solarsystem-universe-galaxy

b)

Solar system -planets-galaxy-universe

c)

Planets-solarsystem-galaxy-universe

d)

Galaxy-solarsystem-planets-universe

15.

An immense cloud of dust& gas where stars are born

a)

Black hole

b)

Nebula

c)

Prominence

d)

Supernova

16.

Which planet has very visible rings

a)

Jupiter

b)

Saturn

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

17.

How many planets are there

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

18.

What instrument can we use to see the universe

a)

Telescope

b)

Magnifying glass

c)

Thermometer

d)

Microscope

19.

The Indian name for Mercury is

a)

Shukra

b)

Budh

c)

Mangal

d)

Shani

20.

It takes -----hours to complete one rotation by Earth

a)

23hr

b)

24hr

c)

28hr

d)

29hr

21.

What is a blue moon?

a)

A moon that actually appears blue in the sky

b)

A rare lunar event where the moon appears twice in a single month

c)

A type of moon phase where the moon is its crescent stage

d)

A moon that is visible during the daytime

22.

What is the full form of MOM?

a)

Music operations Manager

b)

Mars orbiter Mission

c)

Mars Mission orbiter

d)

None of the above

23.

A small robotic space probe that can move about on the surface of a planet or moon is

a)

Orbiter

b)

Rover

c)

Space station

d)

Apollo