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    The Earth in The Solar System Worksheet 3

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    The document contains questions and answers about the Earth in the Solar System. It asks about the speed of light, how long it takes light to reach Earth, who astronomers are, what casts shadows on the moon, what a pole star is, what a galaxy is, and how to locate the pole star. The answers provide that light travels at 300,000 km/s, it takes 8 minutes for sunlight to reach Earth, astronomers study celestial bodies, mountains and plains on Earth cast shadows on the moon, the North Star indicates north and is also called the pole star, a galaxy is a huge system of billions of stars and gases, and the pole star can be located using the Saptarishi constellation.

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    The document contains questions and answers about the Earth in the Solar System. It asks about the speed of light, how long it takes light to reach Earth, who astronomers are, what casts shadows on the moon, what a pole star is, what a galaxy is, and how to locate the pole star. The answers provide that light travels at 300,000 km/s, it takes 8 minutes for sunlight to reach Earth, astronomers study celestial bodies, mountains and plains on Earth cast shadows on the moon, the North Star indicates north and is also called the pole star, a galaxy is a huge system of billions of stars and gases, and the pole star can be located using the Saptarishi constellation.

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    The document contains questions and answers about the Earth in the Solar System. It asks about the speed of light, how long it takes light to reach Earth, who astronomers are, what casts shadows on the moon, what a pole star is, what a galaxy is, and how to locate the pole star. The answers provide that light travels at 300,000 km/s, it takes 8 minutes for sunlight to reach Earth, astronomers study celestial bodies, mountains and plains on Earth cast shadows on the moon, the North Star indicates north and is also called the pole star, a galaxy is a huge system of billions of stars and gases, and the pole star can be located using the Saptarishi constellation.

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    The document contains questions and answers about the Earth in the Solar System. It asks about the speed of light, how long it takes light to reach Earth, who astronomers are, what casts shadows on the moon, what a pole star is, what a galaxy is, and how to locate the pole star. The answers provide that light travels at 300,000 km/s, it takes 8 minutes for sunlight to reach Earth, astronomers study celestial bodies, mountains and plains on Earth cast shadows on the moon, the North Star indicates north and is also called the pole star, a galaxy is a huge system of billions of stars and gases, and the pole star can be located using the Saptarishi constellation.

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    Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

    The Earth in the Solar System


    Q1. What is the speed of light?

    Ans. __________________________________________________________

    Q2. How much time light takes to reach the earth?

    Ans. __________________________________________________________

    Q3. Who are called astronomers?

    Ans. __________________________________________________________

    Q4. What cast shadow on the moon?

    Ans. __________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________

    Q5. What is a Pole Star?

    Ans. __________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________

    Q6. What is a galaxy?

    Ans. __________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________

    Q7. How can we locate the position of the pole star?

    Ans. __________________________________________________________

    __________________________________________________________
    The Earth in the Solar System

    Q1. What is the speed of light?

    Ans. Light travels at the speed of about 300,000 km per second.

    Q2. How much time light takes to reach the earth?

    Ans. The light of the sun takes about eight minutes to reach the earth.

    Q3. Who are called astronomers?

    Ans. Those who study the celestial bodies and their movements are called

    astronomers.

    Q4. What cast shadow on the moon?

    Ans. It has mountains, plains and depressions on its surface. These cast

    shadows on the moon’s surface.

    Q5. What is a Pole Star?

    Ans. The North Star indicates the north direction. It is also called the Pole Star.

    Q6. What is a galaxy?

    Ans. A galaxy is a huge system of billions of stars, and clouds of dust and

    gases.

    Q7. How can we locate the position of the pole star?

    Ans. We can locate the position of the Pole Star with the help of the Saptarishi.

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