Olympiad Test Level 1: Universe- 2 - Class 2 MCQ

Light takes an average of 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to the Earth.

Pluto has been declared as a dwarf planet from 2006.

The star Sirius, which is the brightest star in the sky, is located close to Orion.

The incremental order in size is Moon - Earth - Sun.

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in our solar system.

Venus is the hottest planet with temperature around 464 degree Celsius and Neptune is the coldest planet of our solar system with temperature around -200 degree Celsius.

Kalpana Chawla was an American astronaut, and the first woman of Indian origin to go to space.

Earth takes 24 hours to complete one rotation on its axis.

Mercury is the smallest planet of our solar system. It is slightly larger than Earth's Moon.

The sun is a star of Milky Way galaxy.

Planets Venus and Earth are often called as twins as they have same size, mass, density, composition and gravity.

The earth is a planet and it is at the 3^rd position from the Sun.

Mercury is the closest planet to Sun.

Saturn has rings, that orbit around it. The rings of Saturn are made up of of water, ice, with a trace component of rocky material,

Neptune is the farthest planet. Before 2006, Pluto was considered as a planet and was the farthest planet. But now it is considered as a dwarf planet,