The Solar System
The Solar System: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Solar System, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Universe, Mars, Asteroids, Neptune, The Sun, Uranus, The Earth, The Moon, Asteroids Belt, Kuiper Belt, Natural Satellites, The Planets, Inner Planets and, Outer Planets
Important Questions on The Solar System
Name the head of the solar family.
Which of the following is a dwarf planet in our solar system?
Why Pluto is known as a dwarf planet?
Why do some planets are called as outer planets?
Why do some planets are called as inner planets?
Describe the composition of asteroid belts.
Define the term asteroid belts.
Explain the difference between asteriod belt and Kuiper belt.
Most of the planets that have been discovered have been gas giants like Jupiter, rather than terrestrial planets like the Earth. Why do you think that it is easier to detect gas giant planets?
Why do astronomers get excited about discovering liquid water on other moons or planets?
Colour the circles having a true statement about the sun.
Select the words which you think describe the sun.
Bright, flat, water, hot, round, night, shine, dull, cold, day, star, fruits, stone, living, light.
Do you think plants can grow on the Moon?
Choose the right word and fill in the blank provided below.
The _____ is the brightest thing in the night sky. (Moon, Water)
The thin layer of atmosphere around the sun is called
If your weight is on the Earth, what would it be on the moon?
(Give only the magnitude in the solution in terms of kilograms).
_____ fusion takes place in the core of the sun.
Solar energy is produced from nuclear fusion of hydrogen.
The energy from the sun is called solar energy.
