Solar System
Solar System: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Solar System, Sun, Planets, Facts About Sun, Gravity of Sun, Importance of Sun and, Role of Sun's Gravity
Important Questions on Solar System
The sun is about fifteen crore twenty lakhs kilometres away from the Earth while Mars is about seven crore seventy-eight lakhs kilometres away from it. Which is farther from the Earth and by how much?

The shape of the orbit in which planets revolve around the sun?

Why the planets are rotating in a fixed orbit?

How is the light and heat of the sun important for life on earth?

The sun is the main source of light, _____ (heat/food/shelter), and energy on the earth.

We get heat and light from the Sun.
Choose the correct answer.
Light from the Sun can _____

We get heat and light from the Sun.
Choose the correct answer.
Light from the Sun helps us to _____.

Name two types of body that a moon can orbit.

Which of these is a star and which is a planet in the below-given picture?

Who am I?
Some members of the Solar System were introducing themselves to each other. They gave clues about themselves. Use the clues and write their name.
I give light to all my planets.

Guess who am I?
Some members of the Solar System were introducing themselves to each other. They gave clues about themselves. Use the clues and write their name.
I am head of the Solar System.

Answer in a word:
All the planets move around it.

Unscramble the letters LPAETN to form a word.

Which object in the solar system gives us heat and light?

Name the planets of the solar system in their order from the sun?

Unscramble the following word to make meaningful word.
ERSNIUVE
(Hint: Huge space that contains everything)

A _______ is a huge ball of gases that has heat and light of its own.

Study the picture carefully and answer the question:
Look at Column 4 of the table and answer the following question:
What does this column tell us?

Both Saturn and Jupiter have more than 60 satellites.

There are billions of galaxies in the universe.
