Maharashtra State Board Class 5 EVS Our Earth and The Solar System Fill in the blanks, Multiple Choice Question [mcq] and Question & Answers.
Fill-in-the-Blanks:
1. The heavenly bodies that twinkle are called ______. Answer: stars
2. Planets get their light from the ______.Answer: sun
3. The movement of the earth around the sun is called ______.Answer: revolution
4. ______ revolve around planets.Answer: Satellites
5. ______ are found between Mars and Jupiter.Answer: Asteroids
6. The emptiness between and beyond the stars and planets is called ______.Answer: space
7. Chandrayaan-1 was launched on ______.Answer: 22 October 2008
8. ______ is also known as Mars Orbit Mission.Answer: Mangalyaan
9. All heavenly bodies exert a force of ______ on one another.Answer: gravity
10. ______ was the first Indian astronaut to go into space.Answer: Rakesh Sharma
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Question: Which of the following is a star?
a) Moon
b) Earth
c) Sun
d) Mars
Answer: c) Sun
2. Question: Which of the following planets is closest to the sun?
a) Earth
b) Mars
c) Mercury
d) Venus
Answer: c) Mercury
3. Question: What is the movement of the Earth around the sun called?
a) Rotation
b) Revolution
c) Orbit
d) Twinkling
Answer: b) Revolution
4. Question: Which heavenly body revolves around the Earth?
a) Sun
b) Mars
c) Moon
d) Star
Answer: c) Moon
5. Question: Between which two planets are asteroids found?
a) Earth and Venus
b) Mars and Jupiter
c) Jupiter and Saturn
d) Venus and Mercury
Answer: b) Mars and Jupiter
6. Question: What is the Indian Space Research Organization known as?
a) NASA
b) ISRO
c) MASA
d) URSA
Answer: b) ISRO
7. Question: What force keeps things on Earth?
a) Magnetic force
b) Gravitational force
c) Electrical force
d) Nuclear force
Answer: b) Gravitational force
8. Question: What is the mission of Mangalyaan?
a) Moon Orbit Mission
b) Venus Orbit Mission
c) Mars Orbit Mission
d) Jupiter Orbit Mission
Answer: c) Mars Orbit Mission
9. Question: What do planets get light from?
a) The moon
b) Other planets
c) The sun
d) Satellites
Answer: c) The sun
10. Question: What is the path of a planet around the sun called?
a) Revolution
b) Rotation
c) Orbit
d) Space
Answer: c) Orbit
Question and Answers:
1. Question: What are stars?
Answer: Stars are heavenly bodies that twinkle and have their own light.
2. Question: What is a planet?
Answer: A planet is a heavenly body that does not twinkle and gets its light from stars.
3. Question: What is the solar system?
Answer: The solar system includes the sun, planets, satellites, dwarf planets, and asteroids that revolve around the sun.
4. Question: What is the revolution of the Earth?
Answer: The movement of the Earth around the sun is called the revolution of the Earth.
5. Question: Name the planets that revolve around the sun.
Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
6. Question: What is a satellite?
Answer: A satellite is a heavenly body that revolves around a planet.
7. Question: What is the Earth’s satellite?
Answer: The moon is the Earth’s satellite.
8. Question: What are asteroids?
Answer: Asteroids are small heavenly bodies found in a band between Mars and Jupiter that revolve around the sun.
9. Question: What is a dwarf planet?
Answer: A dwarf planet is a smaller heavenly body that revolves around the sun independently, such as Pluto.
10. Question: What is space?
Answer: Space is the emptiness between and beyond the stars and planets, also known as outer space.
11. Question: What is Chandrayaan-1?
Answer: Chandrayaan-1 is an Indian spacecraft mission to the moon launched by ISRO on October 22, 2008.
12. Question: What is Mangalyaan?
Answer: Mangalyaan, also known as Mars Orbit Mission (M.O.M.), is an Indian space mission launched on November 5, 2013, that reached Mars orbit on September 24, 2014.
13. Question: What is gravity?
Answer: Gravity is the force of attraction or pull that all heavenly bodies exert on one another.
14. Question: What do man-made satellites provide information about?
Answer: Man-made satellites provide useful information for agriculture, environment, weather forecasting, making maps, and searching for water and mineral wealth. They are also used for telecommunication.
15. Question: Who was the first Indian astronaut to go into space?
Answer: Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian astronaut to go into space in 1984.
