What is the position of the moon called when it la farthest from the earth?
Perigee
Perihelion
Aphelion
Apogee
Correct Answer :
D. Apogee
Related Questions
What is the direction of rotation of the earth on its axis?
East to West
South to North
North to South
West to East
Largest planet of our Solar System is _____.
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Uranus
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
A family or system of millions and millions of stars are called ____.
Universe
Solar System
Galaxy
Asteroids
Which planet is called 'red planet'?
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
What part of the moon's surface can be visible from the earth?
1.59
1.41
0.5
1/3rd
To a space traveller stationed in Moon, during the day time the lunar sky will appear
Blue
White
Black
Crimson Red
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
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 two Planets do not have any satellites?
Venus and Mercury
Venus and Uranus
Venus and Neptune
Mercury and Uranus
What is peninsula?
A narrow belt of land
A mountainous island
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
A range of hills
Arrange the Outer Planets in increasing order of their sizes.
1. Jupiter
2. Uranus
3. Saturn
4. Neptune
4, 2, 3, 1
4, 2, 1, 3
2, 4, 3, 1
4, 2, 3, 1
What is the geographical term for land's end, that tip of land which projects into the sea?
A headland
A spit
A peninsula
A cape
Equatorial circumference of the Earth is
40067 km
50067 km
4067 km
5067 km
What is a narrow waterway separating two bits of land called?
A bay
A gulf
A strait
An isthmus
When the Sun is vertically overhead along the Tropic of Capricorn at mid-day
days and nights are of equal lengths in the Northern Hemisphere
Nights are longer than days in the Southern Hemisphere
Days and nights are of equal lengths at the poles
Night is equal to 24 hours at the North Pole
A leap year consists of
365 days
365 days and 6 months
364 days
366 days
What do you call a narrow neck oC land that connects two larger landmasses?
Peninsula
Isthmus
Cape
Strait
What is the shape of our galaxy 'Milky Way'?
spiral
elliptical
circular
spherical
In which direction la the Tropic oC Capricorn in relation to the Equator?
North
South
East
West
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
Distance between the Moon and the Earth is
1. Approximately 386000 km
2. 1.25 light seconds
Only 1
Only 2
Both land 2
None of these
An imaginary belt of 12 constellations or group of stars la called
Zodiac
Steller group
Pulsar
Zodiacal light
Planet with maximum satellites is _____.
Earth
Saturn
Jupiter
Pluto
Which of the following is not an astronomical object?
Pulsar
Brittle Star
Black hole
Quasar
How many satellites does the largest planet have?
Sixteen
Ten
Six
Nine
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
Which of the following statements prove(s) that the earth Is spherical?
The Sun rises and sets at different lines in different places.
The shadow cast by the earth on the moon during the lunar eclipse is always circular.
Pictures taken from high alti
Only 1
2 and 3
I, 2 and 3
Only 2
What is the most accurate description of the shape of the earth?
a geoid
a spherical
an oblate sphere
a flat disc
Smallest planet of our Solar System is _____.
Pluto
Earth
Venus
Mercury