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प्रश्न
Distinguish between the following pair.
Meteors and Meteorites
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उत्तर
Meteors :
- A meteor is a shooting star like a streak of light across the sky at night. It is composed of pieces of stony or metallic rocks.
- These travel around the world in an eccentric orbit.
- Big meteors fell down in Siberia in 1980 and 1948.
Meteorites :
- Meteorites are the scattered pieces of the meteors which are unconcerned after burning.
- These are the dust of meteors falling on the earth as meteorites, some of these are also of great size.
- About 5000 years back a meteorite fell down in Arizona (USA) and created a hollow, 180 meters deep and of 12,000 meters diameter.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Short Answer Question:
What is meant by Inner Planets? Name them.
Fill in the blank:
Eratosthenes worked out the circumference of the earth to be _______ km.
Study the picture and answer the questions that follow.
(a) What is meant by the Solar System?
(b) Give two differences between a planet and a star.
(c) Name the planets known as terrestrial planets.
(d) Give two advantages the earth has over other planets.
(e) What are satellites?
Mention two important features of Earth that make it a planet suitable for life.
State three factors which have made life possible on the Earth and on no other planet.
Distinguish between the following pair.
Planet and Planetoids
From which Greek word is the word ‘planet’ derived?
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The living sphere.
The Tropic of Cancer faces the Sun directly on ______.
