Match the column: Column A Column B (1) Pole star (i) The largest asteroid which is also a dwarf planet (2) Outer planets (ii) The definite path on which the planets revolves around the sun (3) Uranus (iii) Appears to be stationary in the sky (4) Halley's comet (iv) The smallest planet (5) Lesser bear (v) The planet with a highly tilted rotational axis (6) Ceres (vi) They are mostly made of gases and have rings around it (7) Orbit (vii) Appears after 76 years (8) Mercury (viii) Ursa minor

The correct match is given below: Column A Column B (1) Pole star (iii) Appears to be stationary in the sky (2) Outer planets (vi) They are mostly made of gases and have rings around it (3) Uranus (v) The planet with a highly tilted rotational axis (4) Halley's comet (vii) Appears after 76 years (5) Lesser bear (viii) Ursa minor (6) Ceres (i) The largest asteroid which is also a dwarf planet (7) Orbit (ii) The definite path on which the planet revolves around the sun (8) Mercury (iv) The smallest planet Planets in a solar system revolves around the sun. Very small planets or large asteroids are called dwarf planets. Density of outer planets is very low. Saturn has the lightest planet with density lesser than water.

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Neha Sharma and Akanksha Dudpuri Solutions for Chapter: Night Sky, Exercise 2: EXERCISES

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Start Up Science>Chapter 15 - Night Sky>EXERCISES>Q 2

The large red spot on the surface of Jupitar is actually a giant _____.

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Match the column:

Column A	Column B
(1) Pole star	(i) The largest asteroid which is also a dwarf planet
(2) Outer planets	(ii) The definite path on which the planets revolves around the sun
(3) Uranus	(iii) Appears to be stationary in the sky
(4) Halley's comet	(iv) The smallest planet
(5) Lesser bear	(v) The planet with a highly tilted rotational axis
(6) Ceres	(vi) They are mostly made of gases and have rings around it
(7) Orbit	(vii) Appears after $76 years$
(8) Mercury	(viii) Ursa minor