SST TEST – THE EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Q.1 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION ( 21*1=21

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1. Write the name given to the full moon night.

(a) Poornima (b) Amavasya (c) None of the above (d) Both (a) and (b)

2. How is the sky filled with after sunset and in the night?
(a) Bright objects (b) Dim objects (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
4. Which of the following name is given to the new moon?
(a) Poornima (b) Amavasya (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
5. What are celestial bodies?
(a) The sun (b) The moon (c ) All the shining bodies in the sky (d) All
of these
6. The celestial bodies which have their own heat and light are called
(a) planets (b) stars (c) satellites (d) all of these
7. Which is the most recognisable constellation?
(a) The saptarishi (b) The moon (c) The sun (d) The mars
8. The star which indicates the north is called
(a) pole star (b) pole (c) north pole (d) south pole
9. The celestial bodies which do not have their own heat and light but are lit by the light
of the stars are named as
(a) stars (b) planets (c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these
10. The word ‘planet’ has been derived from the word ‘planetai’ which is named as
(a) Latin word (b) German word (c) Greek word (d) English word
11. All the planets move around the sun in fixed elliptical path, these paths are called
(a) axis (b) orbit (c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of these
12. Why is the shape of the earth geoid?
(a) It is slightly flattened at the poles (b) It is spheroid at the poles (c) Both (a) and
(b)
(d) None of these
13. The earth is called a unique planet due to
(a) neither too hot nor too cold (b) presence of air and water (c) oxygen, light
supporting gas
(d) all of these
14. The earth is called a blue planet because of the presence of
(a) water (b) blue colour (c) brown colour (d) red colour
15. Why do we see only one side of the moon from the earth?
(a) Because of moon moving around the earth in 27 days (b) 27 days also taken in one
spin
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these

16. Why does the moon not have conditions favourable for life?

(a) because of non existent of water (b) because of non existent of air (c) both (a)
and (b)
(d) none of these
17. Apart from stars, planets and satellites, there are numerous bodies which also move
around the sun, what are these called?
(a) Stars (b) Asteroids (c) Meteoroids (d) Planets
18. Asteroids are found between the orbits of Jupiter and
(a) Mars (b) Earth (c) Venus (d) Neptune
19. Meteoroids are made up of
(a) dust (b) pieces of rocks (c) gases (d) none of these
20. What is called a cluster of millions of stars, shining white in the starry sky?
(a) Stars (b) Planets (c) Milky Way galaxy (d) Satellites
21. What makes the universe?
(a) Millions of galaxies (b) Millions of stars (c) Earth (d) Satellites
Q.2 VERY SHORT ANSWER ( 20*1=20
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1. What are Poornima and Amavasya?

2. Do you wonder why we can’t see the moon and all those bright tiny objects during
day time?

3. What is meant by the ‘Solar System’?

4. How does a planet differ from a star?

5. Name all the planets according to their distance from the sun.

6. Why is venus considered as earth’s twin?

7. Why do we see only one side of the moon always?

8. What is the Universe?

9. Word geography is made of two Greek words, ‘ge’ meaning’ ‘earth’ and ‘graphia’
meaning ‘writing. True or False?
10. Mention the names of the dwarf planets.

11 Where are more asteroids found?

12.Define the Galaxy.

13. Mention the ways used by the people of ancient times to determine direction.

14. Write a short note about the Universe.

15. Who are astronomers? Who is Aryabhatta?

16. Define Dwarf planet.

17. Why is Milky Way called as Akash Ganga.

18. Name any one constellation.
19. How many days does the moon take to complete one spin on its axis?
20. Which are planets that have rings around them?

Q.3 Short Answer Question ( 6*3=18 Marks)

1. Explain Moon.
2. Explain about the closest and third closest planet to the sun.
3. What are planets? Explain.
4. What is Constellation?
5. Where are the Asteroids found?
6. why do moon appear different each night?

Q.4 Long Answer Questions ( 7*5=35 Marks )

1. What are the differences between Planets and stars?
2. What do you mean by a solar system?
3. Why is the earth a unique planet?
4. Why do we see only one side of the moon all the time?
5. What do you mean by universe?
6. Describe astroids and meteroids.
7.Which is the biggest member of solar system.

Q. 5 Fill in the blanks- (4*1=4

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(i) All the planets move around the sun in a/an________.
(ii) North direction can be guessed with the help of ________ star.
(iii) Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter _________ are found.
(iv) when stars form a various pattern it is called as __________.

Q.6 State true and false. (4*1=4

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(i) System of stars is called as Universe.
(ii) Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system.
(iii) Earth is our home planet.
(iv) Sun is a satellite.