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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

CLASS - VI GEOGRAPHY

CH-1- “THE EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM”

Module 3 (EARTH AND MOON)

NOTES:

EARTH:

 It is the third nearest planet to Sun.

 It is the fifth largest planet in the solar system.
 It is called a unique planet.
 It is known as blue planet.
 It has a shape known as geoid.
 It’s 2/3 rd is covered with water.
 It hosts not just life, but intelligent life, makes it doubly unique.
 It’s intelligent life (humanity) has even developed rockets that enable
travel beyond the planet.
 It has only one natural satellite named moon.

Unique planet:

 It has sufficient amount of water.

 It has the protective layer of atmosphere, which has life supporting
gases like oxygen.
 It is neither too hot nor too cold, perfect temperature to support life.

Geoid: The shape of Earth is called geoid: it bulges in the middle and flattened

at poles.

 Earth has only one natural satellite.

 It’s name is moon.
 It is the closest neighbour of Earth.
 It’s diametre is ¼ th of Earth.
 It is about 3,84,400 km away from Earth.
 It moves around Earth in about 27 days.
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 It doesn’t have conditions to support life.

 It has mountains, plains and depressions on it’s surface.
 The spin time of moon around itself and around Earth is same,
So we always see the same side of moon.

MIND MAP: 3

EARTH

UNIQUE
PLANET

Air, water,  Moon

perfect
 Only
Temperature natural
satellite of
Geoid shape earth
 Revolves
around
Earth in 27
days.
 Has no life.
 Diameter
1/4th of
Earth.
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MCQS

1. ------------ portion of earth is covered with water.

a)3/4th

b)1/4th

c)2/3rd

d)1/3rd

2. ________is the closest celestial body to our earth.

a)Sun

b)moon

c)Mars

d)Venus

3.----------- time the Moon takes to complete one revolution around the Earth.

a)27 days

b)22 days

c)30 days

d)15 days

4. Dark spots or shadows seen on moon are due to……..

a. smooth surface

b. mountains and depressions

c.no soil

d.no water

5._______ is the speed of light.

a)30000km/sec

b)4500000 km/sec

c)300,000 km/sec

d)none
6.________ is the distance of moon from earth.

a)3,84,400 km

b)42,003,560 km

c)3,85,424 km

d)none

7.Who stepped first on moon?

a)Uri Gagarin

b)Neil Armstrong

c)Kalpana Chawla

d)Rakesh Sharma

8)____ is called Blue planet.

a) Venus

b) Uranaus

c)Mars

d)Earth

9)______ is the shape of earth.

a) Void

b) Geoid

c)Planetoid

d)Cuboid

10)_______ was the first Indian to Step on moon.

a) Ramesh Verma

b) Rakesh Sharma

c)Sunita Williams

d)none
HOME ASSIGNMENT

Q Pg mrk
1 What is the shape of the earth? Define the shape? 4 1

2 Why do we always see one side of the moon always? 5 1

3 Correct the statement: 5 1
Neil Armstrong stepped on moon on 21st oct 1969.
4 Why are there no life on the Moon? 5 3

5 Why Earth is a unique planet? On which day we can see clear shadows 5 3+1+
on moon? What are these shadows? 1