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Solar system and sun - class-V

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Which of the following is NOT a planet of our Solar System?

  1. Sirius

  2. Mercury

  3. Saturn

  4. Earth


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Planets of solar system are : Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. 
Sirius is not a planet of the Solar system. It is a star. It is the brightest star in the night sky and located close to Orion.

The planet which is farthest from the Sun is _____. 

  1. $Pluto$

  2. $Uranus$

  3. $Neptune$

  4. $Mars$


Correct Option: C

The largest planet of the solar system is :

  1. Jupiter

  2. Mars

  3. Neptune

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The largest planet of the solar system is Jupiter. It is the largest by mass, volume, and surface area among other statistics. Here are the critical measurements of Jupiter as well as a few other interesting facts about the planet.
Here are Jupiter's measurements: mass $1.8981 \times 10^{27}\ kg$, volume $1.43128 \times 10^{15}\ km^{3}$, surface area $6.1419 \times 10^{10}\ km^{2}$, and a mean circumference of $4.39264 \times 10^{5}\ km$. Despite its size, it only has a density of $1.326\ g/cm^3$, which is less than one fourth of Earths density. The low density is one way scientists are able to determine that it is made mostly of gases and probably does not have a solid core.

Which of the following is the biggest planet?

  1. Jupiter

  2. Venus

  3. Mercury

  4. Pluto


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jupiter is the biggest planet.

The credit for the discovery of rings of the Saturn goes to

  1. Kepler

  2. Galileo

  3. Newton

  4. Copernicus


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In 1610, the year after Galileo Galilei first turned a telescope to the sky, he became the very first person to observe Saturn's rings, though he could not see them well enough to discern their true nature. In 1655, Christiaan Huygens was the first person to describe them as a disk surrounding Saturn.

The difference between the equatorial diameter and polar diameter ofthe Earth is about

  1. 43km

  2. 82km

  3. 56km

  4. 101km


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Equitorial diameter of the earth is about $12756$ km and The polar diameter of earth is $12713.6$km

Difference $=(12756-12713.6)$km
Around $43$km $($options$)$

Mangal is the Indian name of the

  1. Earth

  2. Mars

  3. Uranus

  4. Pluto


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The planet Mars is known as Mangal graha in India.

The Indian names of the planets are

  1. Grahas

  2. Akash ganga

  3. Dhruva tara

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In India planets are called as ''grahas"

Varun is the Indian name of which of the following planet?

  1. Pluto

  2. Jupiter

  3. Uranus

  4. Neptune


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Varun is the Indian name of the Neptune.

How many planets can be seen with the naked eye?

  1. 3

  2. 4

  3. 5

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The five brightest planets mercury, venus, mars,jupiter and saturn can easily be seen by naked eye.

Pluto is to Varna, as Venus is to

  1. Shukra

  2. Mangal

  3. Shani

  4. Indra


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Shukra is known as Venus.

Indra is the Indian name of

  1. Uranus

  2. Saturn

  3. Earth

  4. Pluto


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to Indian mythology Uranus is named as Indira.

Fill in the blank:

Mercury is the ________ planet of the solar system.
  1. smallest

  2. largest

  3. most dense

  4. coldest


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The smallest planet in the solar system is Mercury. For the longest time, the smallest planet was considered to be Pluto, but now Pluto isn’t a planet any more.

Mercury measures 4879 km along its equator. Just for comparison, Earth is 12,742 km across. So, Mercury is only 38% the diameter of Earth. In terms of volume, it’s even less. Mercury has only 0.05 the volume of the Earth. In other words, if the Earth was a hollow shell, you could fit 20 Mercury's inside with room to spare.

Which of the following planets is coldest in the solar system?

  1. Mercury

  2. Venus

  3. Neptune

  4. Earth


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ans: Neptune


The planet, ________ is called morning or evening star.
  1. Jupiter

  2. Venus

  3. Saturn

  4. Earth


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Venus is the brightest of all planets. It can be seen sometimes in the eastern sky before sunrise and in the western sky just after sunset. Hence, it is called the morning or evening star.

Could Saturn float on water and why?

  1. Yes, because its density is less than the density of water.

  2. No, because its density is more than the density of water.

  3. Yes, because it is a celestial body.

  4. No, because it has rings.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Saturn is the least dense planet. In fact, its density is less than water and it can hence float on water.

Pluto is termed as the _______ planet.
  1. inner

  2. outer

  3. dwarf

  4. giant


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Pluto was once considered to be a planet of our solar system. Since 2006, according to the International Astronomical Organization, it is no more considered a planet and is termed as a dwarf planet.

Which of the following properties is not exhibited by planets?

  1. Do not have their own light

  2. Revolve around the sun and rotate around itself

  3. Keep changing their position

  4. Follow randomly changing orbits


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Planets do not have their own light. Those merely reflect the Sun's light that falls on them. 

Planets revolve around the Sun while rotating on axes.
Planets keep changing positions. 
However, each planet have a particular orbit in which it revolves around the Sun. Planets do not change their orbits randomly.

Find the odd one out:

  1. Jupiter

  2. Saturn

  3. Mars

  4. Earth


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Earth is the only planet that has life on it. All the rest have no trace of life on those.

Identify the wrong statement about Mars.
  1. It is called the red planet

  2. It is the last inner planet

  3. It takes 687 days to complete one revolution around the Sun

  4. It has 3 moons


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mars appears to be reddish in color and is hence known as the red planet.

It is the last planet before the belt of asteroids which makes it the last inner planet. 
It takes 687 day to complete one revolution.
It has 2 natural satellites i.e., 2 moons and not 3.

Earth : Bluish green :: ________ : Reddish.
  1. Mars

  2. Mercury

  3. Jupiter

  4. Uranus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Earth appears to be bluish green in colour and Mars appears to be reddish in colour. Hence it is also known as the red planet.

There is life on Earth because of:

  1. optimum sunlight

  2. presence of water and atmosphere

  3. presence of ozone layer

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Earth is at an optimum distance from the Sun, therefore the sunlight reaching the Earth is not extremely hot. Also, the ozone layer prevents the entry of harmful rays. Presence of water and atmosphere that are essential for life an Earth to grow.

The planet Mercury:

  1. is a very small planet and hence not visible

  2. is very far from Earth as compared to other planets

  3. remains covered by clouds most of the day time

  4. is hidden by the glare of the Sun and hence not visible during the day time


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mercury is the first planet of our solar system. It is very close to the Sun and is mostly hidden because of excessive light or glare of the Sun. Hence, it is not easily visible. However, it can be seen just before sunrise or just after sunset from places where trees and buildings do not disturb the view.

Brightest planet in the night sky is:

  1. Jupiter

  2. Venus

  3. Earth

  4. Mars


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Venus is the brightest planet in the night sky and can be spotted easily.

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are not among the  _______ planets.
  1. outer

  2. inner

  3. warmer

  4. lighter


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A band of asteroids present between Mass and Jupiter separates the planets into inner (planets before the band of asteroids) and outer (planets after the band of asteroids) planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars lie before the band of asteroids and are called inner planets.

As these planets stay closer to the sun these are among warmer planet and not among the lighter planets.

The planet nearest to the Sun is ______.

  1. Mercury

  2. Venus

  3. Mars

  4. Earth


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The planet nearest to the sun is Mercury.

The correct option is A.

Which of the following statements is / are correct ?

  1. A solar panel is made by combining a large number of solar concentrators.

  2. To work properly, wind energy generators need wind speeds of at least about 15 km/h.

  3. Many of the sources ultimately derive their energy

  4. none 


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A solar concentrator uses lenses, called Fresnel lenses, which take a large area of sunlight and direct it towards a specific spot by bending the rays of light and focusing them. Some people use the same principle when they use a magnifying lens to focus the Sun's rays on a pile of kindling or paper to start fires.

How did planets and other objects in the solar system form?

  1. After the Sun formed, it threw off hot pieces that spun and cooled.

  2. The Sun captured objects that formed in other places in the galaxy.

  3. Two stars collided, and the broken pieces went into orbit around the Sun.

  4. Material in a disc formed large clumps as the Sun fanned in the centre of the disc.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
The planets in our solar system are believed to have formed from the same spinning disc of dust that formed the Sun. This disc, called the solar nebula, was composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, but also had other elements in smaller proportions. The nebula had a certain amount of angular momentum orbiting the forming Sun. Particles in the spinning disc began to clump together as gravity attracted them to each other.

Which of the following belongs to the class of inferior planets?

  1. Mercury

  2. Venus

  3. Pluto

  4. Saturn


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Inferior planets are those planets which is closer to Sun than the Earth, Mercury and Venus are the inferior planets.

Which of the following is the smallest planet?

  1. Jupiter

  2. Venus

  3. Mercury

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mercury is the smallest planet.

The globe of Saturn can contain about

  1. 150 Earths

  2. 472Earths

  3. 355 Earths

  4. 729 Earths


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Radius of Saturn is about $9$ times than that of earth.

Let, n number of earths a saturn contains. So equating volume.
$n{ V } _{ earth }={ V } _{ saturn }\ n\times \cfrac { 4 }{ 3 } \pi { r }^{ 3 }=\cfrac { 4 }{ 3 } \pi { (9{ r }) }^{ 3 }\ n={ 9 }^{ 3 }\ n=729$

Reflection of the sunlight from the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere causes

  1. days and nights

  2. tides

  3. eclipses

  4. twilight


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Twilight is seen because the earth's atmosphere, some light scatters through small particles in the atmosphere- so, there is still some light n the sky even after the sun  has gone down.


Which of the following doesn't belong to the class of superior planets?

  1. Venus

  2. Neptune

  3. Uranus

  4. Mars


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Superior planets are those planets which is farther from the earth than the Sun. Except Mercury and Venus rest are superior planets.

Mass of Jupiter is ........... times that of Earth.

  1. 318

  2. 195

  3. 95

  4. 0.8


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mass of the planet jupiter is about $318$ times than that of earth.

The planet having the largest diameter is

  1. Jupiter

  2. Saturn

  3. Pluto

  4. Mars


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jupiter is the largest planet in the universe its diameter is about $1.3\times { 10 }^{ 5 }$km.

Venus appears very bright because it reflects about ....... percent of the light which it receives from the Sun.

  1. 50

  2. 60

  3. 75

  4. 100


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

First of all venus is very close to earth so very less amount of light gets scattered by atmosphere particles and second thing is it reflects $75\%$ of the light coming from sun.

The planet farthest from the Earth is

  1. Pluto

  2. Mercury

  3. Neptune

  4. Saturn


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to recent astronomical data pluto is the planet which is at the farthest distance from earth.

A planet shines because it reflects the light of the

  1. sun

  2. other planets

  3. milky way

  4. pole star


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A planet signs because it reflects the light coming from the sun.

The smallest planet in the solar system is ___________.

  1. Mars

  2. Jupiter

  3. Mercury

  4. Earth


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The smallest planet in the solar system is  mercury.

Ans: Mercury

Surface gravity of different planets in correct decreasing order is

  1. Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn, Earth

  2. Jupiter, Neptune, Earth, Saturn

  3. Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Earth

  4. Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Surface gravity of different planets has a unique surface gravity.
Newton's second law of motion: $F=ma$............(1)
Law of universal gravitation: $F _g=\dfrac{GM _1M _2}{R^2}$............(2)
The value of $G$ was originally determined experimentally by Henry Cavendish and has a value of $6.67\times10^{11} N m^3/kgs^{2}$
By using these two equations, one can derive another equation that shows the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of a planet, i.e., $g=\dfrac{GM}{R^2}$
Where $M$ is the mass of the planet and $R$ is its radius.
The surface gravity of the planets, as determined by the equation above and shown relative to Earth's gravity can be seen below:

Object:           g/g-earth:       Acceleration at the surface

Earth...............$1.0$...............$g = 9.78\ m/s^2$ ($32.1\ ft/s^2$)

Jupiter.............$2.36$...........$g = 23.1\ m/s^2$ ($75.9\ ft/s^2$)

Saturn.............$1.07$.............$g = 9.05\ m/s^2$($29.4\ ft/s^2$)

Uranus............$0.889$...........$g = 8.69\ m/s^2$($28.5\ ft/s^2$)

Neptune..........$1.12$.............$g = 11.0\ m/s^2$($36.0\ ft/s^2$)

So, surface gravity of different planets in correct decreasing order is Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Earth.

Pluto is to Yam, as Venus is to

  1. Shukra

  2. Mangal

  3. Shani

  4. lndra


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hindi name for Pluto is yam and for Venus is Shukra. 

Varun is the Indian name of the

  1. Pluto

  2. Jupiter

  3. Uranus

  4. Neptune


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ans: Neptune

The planet farthest from the Sun is

  1. Mercury

  2. Venus

  3. Neptune

  4. Earth


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Planet farthest from sun is Neptune.

Ans: Neptune

The outermost layer of the Earth is called

  1. crust

  2. mantle

  3. core

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Outermost layer of earth is called Crust.

Other layers are mantel, outer and inner core.
Ans: Crust

The hottest planet of the solar system is

  1. Mercury

  2. Neptune

  3. Jupiter

  4. Venus


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Venus is the hottest planet. Although its not the closest to the sun, its dense atmosphere traps heat and warms it.

Ans: Venus

The temperature of the centre of the Earth is about

  1. $4000^oC$

  2. $6000^oC$

  3. ${10^4 }^oC$

  4. ${10^6 }^oC$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Temperature of center of earth is 6000 degree celsius.

Ans: 6000 degree Celsius.

Mercury and Venus, both, do not have any

  1. atmosphere

  2. solid matter

  3. satellite

  4. fixed orbit


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mercury and Venus have no natural satellites. they are both inner planets and inner planets tend to have very few or no satellites and rings.

Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the code given below:
A.The age of the solar system is 4.6 billion years.
B.The outer planets consists of gases.

  1. Only A is correct

  2. Only B is correct

  3. Both 1and 2 are correct

  4. Neither 1 nor 2 is correct


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The age of the solar system is 4.6 billion years. It is evident from the study of meteorites. Meteorites are considered as the oldest accessible material around.

Outer planets are the planets which are furthest from the sun. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the outer planets. The asteroid belt separates outer planets from inner planets. They consists of light material.

How many planets are there in our solar system?

  1. 7

  2. 8

  3. 9

  4. 10


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Our solar system consists of a star -  the Sun and 8 planets namely Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. There is an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter which separates the planets in two regions. The planets towards the Sun i.e. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars are inner planets and the other four planets are outer planets.

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