Name: Interesting Facts About the Moon
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 3 min 37 s
Description: The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The moon is the The brightest and largest object in the sky.

Question

Match the following columns.

Column A	Column B
(a) Ceres, Eris	p. star of the solar system
(b) outer solar system	q. Terrestrial planets
(c) Moon	r. Mercury
(d) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars	s. Jupiter
(e) no moons	t. Comet
(f) Sun	u. Earth
(g) snowball of frozen gas and rock	v. Dwarf planets
(h) largest planet	w. natural satellite
(i) third planet closest to the Sun	x. Mercury, Venus
(j) smallest planet	y. gas giants, ice giants

Accepted Answer

a - v

Ceres and eris are the two dwarf planets. The other dwarf planets are Pluto, makemake and haumea.

b - y

Gas giants and ice giants are present in the outer side of solar system. Jupiter and Saturn are gas giants, Uranus and Neptune are ice giants.

c - w

Moon is the natural satellite of earth.

d - q

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are the four terrestrial planets in the solar system.

e - x

Mercury and Venus do not have any moons.

f - p

Sun is the star of the solar system. Planets such as Mercury, Venus, Mars, etc revolve around the sun.

g - t

Comet is the snowball of frozen gas and rocks. Comets form a tail.

h - s

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.

i - u

Earth is the third planet closest to the sun. It is the only planet that supports life due to the presence of air which help us to breathe and water on it.

j - r

Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system.

Column A Column B

(a) Ceres, Eris v. dwarf planets

(b) outer solar system y. gas giants, ice giants

(c) Moon w. natural satellite

(d) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars q. terrestrial planets

(e) no moons x. mercury, venus

(f) Sun p. star of the solar system

(g) snowball of frozen gas and rock t. comet

(h) largest planet s. jupiter

(i) third planet closest to the Sun u. earth

(j) smallest planet r. mercury

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