What is the most accurate description of the shape of the earth?
a geoid
a spherical
an oblate sphere
a flat disc
Correct Answer :
A. a geoid
Related Questions
Which two planets do not have any satellites?
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Saturn
4. Pluto
1 and 2
2 WtQ 3
3 and 4
1 and 4
What happens during the equinoxes?
The countries along the Equator are in darkness
The countries along the Equator are at their hottest
The countries along the Equator are at their wettest
The Sun shines vertically over the Equator
How much time does earth take in making one rotation on its axis with respect to a fixed star at infinite distance?
23 hours 56 minutes
24 hours
23 hours 46 minutes
24 hours 4 minutes
Sun revolves around galaxy once in every 250 million years, this length of time is called _____.
Cosmic or Galactic Year
Mean Solar Year
Sidereal Year
Leap Year
If the Sun dies It will be transformed Into a
White Dwarf
Black Dwarf
Quasar
All of the above
What is the Southern Cross?
Position of the Sun during summer solstice
Position of the vertical Sun during winter solstice
A star showing the position of the South Pole
Point of intersection of Antarctic Circle and the Prime Meridian
Presently the farthest planet from the Sun is _____.
Pluto
Neptune
Uranus
Venus
Average density of the Earth is ( relative to water) __.
5.5
4.5
9.5
6.5
What does perigee mean?
The position of the moon farthest from the earth
The position of the earth nearest to the Sun
The position of the moon nearest to the earth
The position of the earth farthest from the Sun
Which planet is called 'Double Planet'?
Venus
Uranus
Pluto
Earth
The word 'planet' means ____.
wanderer
pollution
celestial body
heavenly body
Hale Bopp' is a newly discovered ____.
Planet
Meteore
Satellite
Comet
Which of the following is the largest ocean?
Indian
Pacific
Atlantic
Arctic
The solar eclipse takes place when
The Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon
The Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth
The Sun comes between the Earth and the Moon
The Planets of the Solar System lies on the same plane
The most important constituent of the Sun's mass is.
Hydrogen
Helium
Silicon
Iron
1 and 2
2 and 3
3 and 4
1,2 and 4
A celestial body consisting of a gaseous cloud enveloping a bright nucleus moving around the Sun in an elliptical or parabolic orbit so eccentrically that some escapes from the Solar Systems is called
Comet
Great Bear
Meteores
Asteroides
What is the name of the planet which takes 88 days to make one revolution of the Sun?
Venus
Mercury
Pluto
Neptune
Deimos and Phobos are the satellites of
Earth
Mars
Uranus
Neptune
Lunar eclipse means
Direction or path of the Moon
The Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth
The Earth comes in between the sun and the Moon and the centres of all the three come on the same straight line
The average angle made by a line drawn from the Moon to the Earth
When a year divisible by 4 and not divisible by 400 is called
Siderial Year
Solar Year
Cosmic Year
Leap Year
A Light Year measures
A unit of velocity
A unit of distance
A unit of pressure
A unit of time
How much time does the earth take in completing one rotation on its axis in relation to sun?
23 hours 56 minutes
24 hours
23 hours 46 minutes
24 hours 4 minutes
Which planet does take the least time in completing one revolution around the Sun?
Earth
Venus
Mercury
Mars
What is the shape of our galaxy 'Milky Way'?
spiral
elliptical
circular
spherical
Which of the following conditions la the most relevant for the presence of life on Mars?
Atmospheric composition
Thermal conditions
Occurrence of ice caps and frozen water
Occurrence of ozone
How many of the following statements are true?
1. Mean Solar Day is greater than Sidereal Day approximately by 4 minutes.
2. Earth's rotational velocity is decreasing.
3. Planets are arranged according to their increasing distance from the sun as follo
3 and 4
1, 3 and 4
1 and 2
1, 2, 3 and 4
The Sun experiences magnetic storms and this Interferes with the magnetic field oC the Earth and produces light which are called
Quasars
Polar Auroras
Meteorites
Pulsar
What is the name given to the widened rivermouth found at the point a river enters the sea?
Estuary
Bay
Gulf
Delta
Going into the interior of the earth the weight of an object
Increases
Decreases
Remains unchanged
First increases and then decreases
Earth revolves round the Sun In an orbit once In every __.
24 hours
20 hours
365 % days
366 days