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1.
Name the inner and outer planets of solar system.
2.
Why does earth have seasons?
3.
Why is Venus called morning star or evening star?
4.
Define satellite. Name the natural satellite of the Earth.
5.
Who landed on the moon first and when?
6.
What is new moon day?
7.
Explain, why the planets do not collide while revolving around the Sun.
8.
In which year, Halley's comet will be visible again?
9.
If I am 13 years old, how many times have I gone around the sun?
10.
Paheli saw the moon through a glass window at 8:00 PM. She marked the position of the moon on the glass pane. She got up at 4 AM in the morning. Will the moon be visible at the same position?
11.
Give the name of the periodic comet. Why is it called so?
12.
Can we read the distance of nearest star from the Earth conveniently?
13.
In the picture of rotating earth given as figure mark the position of Pole star.
14.
Can we hear the sound on the moon?
1.
Inner planets: Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars
Outer Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
2.
The axis of rotation of the Earth is not perpendicular to the path of its orbit, but it is slightly tilted. The tilt is responsible for the change of seasons on the earth.
3.
Venus appears in the Eastern sky before sunrise. Sometimes it appears in Western sky just after sunlight. Therefore it is often called a morning or an evening star.
4.
Any celestial body revolving around another celestial body is called its satellite. Moon is natural satellite of earth.
5.
American astronaut, Neil Armstrong, landed on the moon for the first time in July 1969.
6.
On the fifteenth day the moon is not visible. This day is known as the new moon day.
7.
The planets revolve in different orbits around the Sun. So, they do not collide.
8.
Halley's comet appears periodically after every 76 years. It was last seen in 1986. So, it will be visible again in the mid of 2061.
9.
13 times, because the earth makes 1 revolution around the sun in 1 year.
10.
No, Paheli will not be able to see the position of the moon at the same place because due to revolution of the moon around the earth continuously, the position of the moon will also change.
11.
The periodic comet is Halley's comet, as it appears after regular interval of time (76 years).
12.
No, the nearest star alpha Centauri is at a distance 40000000000000 km from the Earth. So, they can be expressed in light year.
13.
Since, Pole star seems to be stationary, so it will be at one of the ends
14.
No, as there is a need of a medium for the propagation of sound. On the moon, there is no such medium. Thus, we cannot hear the sound on the moon.
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