Question

Fill in the following blanks with suitable words:

(a) The stars appear to ___ in the sky.

(b) The sun is a ___ whereas Orion is a ___.

(c) The group of stars that appears to form a recognisable pattern in the sky is know as ___.

(d) The brightest star in the night sky is ___.

(e) Ursa Major constellation appears to revolve around the ___ star in the night sky.

(f) Orion constellation can be used to locate the position of ___ star whereas Ursa Major constellation can be used to locate the ___ star in the night sky.

(g) The planet which is farthest from the sun is ___.

(h) The planet which appears reddish in colour is ___.

(i) The small heavenly bodies revolving around the sun between the orbits of mars and jupiter are called ___.

(j) Asteroids are found between the orbits of ___ and ___.

(k) Shooting stars are actually not ___.

(l) A celestial body that revolves around a planet is known as ___.

(m) A meteoroid becomes a ___ on entering Earth's atmosphere.

(n) The long distance transmission of television programmes has been made possible with the help of ___ satellites.

Answer 1

(a) twinkle
(b) star ; constellation
(c) constellation
(d) Sirius
(e) Pole
(f) Sirius; Pole
(g) Neptune
(h) Mars
(i) asteroids
(j) Mars ; Jupiter
(k) stars
(l) satellite
(m) meteor
(n) artificial