Cluster · Earth and Solar System Science

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Earth Science and Solar System Basics
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Which galaxy is nearest to the Milky Way?

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Which planet is the second largest planet in our solar system and also has the biggest and brightest rings around it?

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Which of the following is one of the largest spiral galaxies?

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Which of the following are the rings around the planet?

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Which of the following is true about the Sun and its axis of rotation?

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What is the top surface of the Earth's surface called?

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What is the point that indicates the north direction, commonly known as the North Star?

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Which of the following comets comes to Earth once every 76 years?

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Titan is the satellite of which of the following planets?

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In which layer of the earth’s atmosphere is the ozone layer found?

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Approximately how long does it take for our solar system to complete a single revolution around the Milky Way galaxy?

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Big Bang theory explains:

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The stratospheric ozone layer protects Earth from harmful ultraviolet  solar radiation. Areas with ozone concentrations  below______________ are called "holes" in the layer.
 

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What is the Andromeda Galaxy also known as?

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Which of the following is the largest planet of the solar system?

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The ______ layer starts at Earth's surface and extends 8 to 14.5 km high (5 to 9 miles). This part of the atmosphere is the densest and almost all weather is in this region

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Big bang theory was proposed by-

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Our solar system is a part of which galaxy?

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Who was the first to develop a mathematical predictive heliocentric model of the solar system?

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Which of these has the coldest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System?

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The layer of atmosphere closest to the earth surface is the _______.

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What is the cloud of dust and gas found within a galaxy called?

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The sun is about _____________ km away from the earth.

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Which of the following statements is true about planetary alignment?

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Which of the following statements about Blaze Star is incorrect?

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The brittle crust and the top part of the upper mantle of the earth is called:

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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the planet Saturn?

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The moho discontinuity is the boundary between the _____.

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All weather changes occur in which layer of the atmosphere?

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Which of the following planet in our solar system rotates in a clockwise direction?

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Planetary scientists call the thin gaseous envelope around the Moon as the _______.

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Which of the following planets is NOT a Jovian planet?

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In the sequence of planets in the Solar system, which planet comes in between Mercury and Earth?

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Which among the following planets is known as the Red planet of our solar system?

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Satellites in _____ usually travel past Earth from north to south rather than from west to east.

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Which among the following planets is orange in colour with white bands on it?

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What percentage of the Earth's volume is the core?

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Ozone at the higher level of the atmosphere is a product of ______ acting on oxygen molecules.

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Which is the outermost layer of the earth composed of crust and upper mantle?

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Which planet is the second largest planet in our solar system and also has the biggest and brightest rings around it?

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The Milky Way Galaxy, which contains Earth and our solar system, is an example of __________.

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The stratosphere is located between which of the following atmospheric layers?

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The earth's perihelion occurs in:

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Tremors that have occurred in Earth's crust are known as ___________ .

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The geoid represents Earth's _____.

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The partially molten upper mantle material calledAnsis a mechanicallyvulnerable layer beneath the lithosphere characterised by low seismic wave velocity and high attenuation.

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In the 1930s, which of the following theories was propounded by Arthair Holmes about the mantle?

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Which is the coldest planet in the solar system?

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The zone separating the troposphere from the stratosphere is called the ________________.

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Which is, by far, the closest dwarf planet orbiting at only 2.8 times Earth’s distance from the sun?

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