Question

Match the statements in Columns A, with those in Column B.

Answer 1

1. The geostationary orbit of the satellite is used for television broadcasting that operates above the equator.
2. Springtide is a tide just after a new or full moon when there is the greatest difference between high and low water and is formed twice a month.
3. A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from a source such as an asteroid or a comet or a meteor, which originates in outer space and is not burnt in the atmosphere and survives its impact with the Earth's surface.
   
4. Eclipse is an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination forming shadow.
5. A comet is a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the Sun, a ‘tail’ of gas and dust particles pointing away from the Sun.