PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

CLACI REVIEWER IN SCIENCE 6

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Read and understand the question.

1. How many planets are there in the Solar System?

ans: 9 but now 8 {MERCURY, VENUS,EARTH,MARS,JUPITER,SATURN,URANUS,NEPTUNE}
2. What planet is closest to the sun?
ans: Mercury
3. What is the second planet from the sun?
ans: Venus
4. What is the third planet from the sun?
ans: Earth
5. What is the fourth planet from the sun?
ans: Mars
6. What is the fifth planet from the sun?
ans: Jupiter
7. What is the seventh planet from the sun?
ans: Uranus
8. What is the sixth planet from the sun?
ans: Saturn
9. What is the eighth planet from the sun?
ans: Neptune
10. What is the farthest planet from the sun?
ans: Pluto or dwarf planet (remove from the list)
11. Which planet is not a gas giant?
ans: Mars
12. Which planet is not a terrestrial planet?
ans: Saturn
13. What is the fourth planet in the solar system?
ans: Mars
14. Which planet has the largest ring system?
ans: Saturn
15. How much meteoritic material do scientist’s estimate falls on the Earth each day?
ans: more than 1000 tons
16. Which is the densest planet?
ans: Earth
17. What is the largest terrestrial planet?
ans: Earth
18. What is the only known moon of Pluto?
ans: Charon
19. What is the Earth's radius?
ans: 6378 Km
20. What is the rotational period of Earth?
ans: 24 hours
21. Where is the main asteroid belt in the Solar System?
ans: Between Mars and Jupiter
22. Which planet has the hottest temperatures?
ans: Venus
23. How long is Mercury's day?
ans: 176 Earth days
24. Which moon is a moon of Mars?
ans: Phobos
24. Which planet is Olympus Mons, the highest volcano in the Solar System, it is on?
ans: Mars
25.What is the largest planet in the Solar System?
ans: Jupiter
26. How large is jupiter's mass when compared to the other planets in the Solar System?
ans: twice as big as all the other planets combined
27. How many moons does Jupiter have?
Ans: 16
28. Which planet has the most moons?
Ans: Uranus
29. Which planet was the first planet located through mathematical predictions rather than through regular
observations of the sky?
ans: Neptune
30.Which planet has the fastest winds, blowing at speeds of over 2,400 km (1500 miles) per hour?
Ans: Neptune
31. Which is the coldest planet of the Solar System?
Ans: Pluto

32. It is a huge ball of very hot gases

Ans.: Sun
33. It is made up of dust and rock particles mixed with frozen water, methane, and ammonia.
Ans.: comet
33. Are the pieces of dust and rocks that break from a comet’s nucleus.
Ans.:Meteoroids
34. The burning rocks that enter Earth’s atmosphere
Ans.:Meteors
35. The event that can be seen in the atmosphere is called
Ans. Meteor Shower
36. Big meteoroids that do not burn up completely and reaches Earth’s surface is called
Ans. Meteorite
37.It is also known as planetoids which are small pieces of rocks and metals that orbit around the sun
Ans. Asteroids

The Solar System

Revolution is the movement of earth around the sun..

Rotation is the movement of earth on its axis.
Mars is the fourth planet