The Earth and The Solar System

What is the name given to the full moon night?

• Amavasya

• Poornima

• All of these

• None of these

Which of the following name is given to the new moon?

• Poornima

• Amavasya

• All of these

• None of these

What are celestial bodies?

• The sun

• The moon

• All the shining bodies in the sky

• All of these

The celestial bodies which have their own heat and light are called

• planets

• stars

• satellites

• all of these

Which is the most recognisable constellation?

• The saptarishi

• The moon

• The sun

• The mars

The star which indicates the north is called

• pole star

• pole

• north pole

• south pole

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

• latin word

• Greek word

• German word

• English word

All the planets move around the sun in fixed elliptical path, these paths are called

• axis

• orbit

• Both of them

• Noth of these

Why is the shape of the earth geoid?

• It is slightly flattened at the poles

• It is spheroid at the poles

• Both of them

• None of these

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