Stars and The Solar System Worksheet-4

Stars and The Solar System Worksheet-4

1. Name the space telescope which was put into orbit in 1990.

(a) INSAT          (b) Aryabhatta (c) Sputnik        (d) Hubble

2. Which of the following planets can be seen with naked eye?

(a) Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter

(b) Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

(c) Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Pluto

(d) Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter

3. Which planet has "the great red spot"?

(a) Mars             (b) Venus           (c) Jupiter         (d) Mercury

4. Name the hottest planet in the solar system.

(a) Mercury      (b) Venus           (c) Earth            (d) Mars

5. The biggest of all constellations is:

(a) Sirius                                        (b) Hydra

(c) Andromeda                             (d) Ursa minor

6. The space vehicle used to send men on to the moon is:

(a) Gemini         (b) Apollo          (c) Sputnik        (d) Discovery

7. Ozone is a compound containing:

(a) Oxygen                                     (b) Nitrogen

(c) Carbon                                      (d) Carbon and oxygen

8. Ozone is present in:

(a) Troposphere                            (b) Stratosphere

(c) Ionosphere                               (d) Ozonosphere

9. The first man to land on the moon is:

(a) Rakesh sharma                      (b) Kalpana Chawla

(c) Yuri Gagarin                           (d) Neil Armstrong

10. The number of satellites of Venus is:

(a) One               (b) Two              (c) Three            (d) Zero

Answer Key:

(1)-(d); (2)-(a); (3)-(c); (4)-(b); (5)-(b); (6)-(b); (7)-(a); (8)-(b); (9)-(d); (10)-(d)