PSEB CLASS 10TH ENGLISH CHAPTER 7 The Making of the Earth QUESTION AND ANSWER
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
1. Moon is the satellite of ____.
Ans. Earth.
2. The planets twinkle at night. (T/F)
Ans. False.
3. Planets have natural satellites. (T/F)
Ans. True.
4. Name the author of the essay.
Ans. Jawahar Lal Nehru.
5. From where do the planets get light?
Ans. From stars.
6. How many years did the Earth take to cool down?
Ans. Millions of years.
7. All the hollows of the Earth were filled with ____ when it rained heavily.
Ans. Water.
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Define the solar system.
Ans. The sun and its planets with their satellites form a group that is called the solar system.
2. How can you distinguish between planets and stars?
Ans. Stars twinkle but planets do not twinkle.
3. What is a planet?
Ans. The heavenly bodies that move around the sun are called planets.
4. Why do stars twinkle?
Ans. Because their rays pass through many layers of atmosphere.
5. How was the earth formed?
Ans. A bit of sun shot out and became earth. It was very small. So, it started to cool.
6. How were seas and oceans formed?
Ans. After the Earth cooled down, the rain filled all the great hollows on the earth. Thus, ocean and seas were formed.
TRANSLATION
1. At night you see thousands of stars in the sky. ਰਾਤ ਨੂੰ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਅਸਮਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਜ਼ਾਰਾਂ ਤਾਰੇ ਵੇਖਦੇ ਹੋ।
2. The real stars are like our sun. ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਡੇ ਸੂਰਜ ਵਰਗੇ ਹਨ।
3. The sun and the planets with their satellites form a happy family. ਸੂਰਜ, ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਉਪਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਮਿਲ ਕੇ ਇਕ ਖੁਸ਼ਾਲ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਬਣਾਉਂਦੇ ਹਨ।
4. Can you distinguish between a planet and a star? ਕੀ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇੱਕ ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਤਾਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੰਤਰ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ?
5. Our Earth belongs to the family of the Sun. ਸਾਡੀ ਧਰਤੀ ਸੂਰਜ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਦਾ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਹੈ।
6. So the Earth started to cool. ਸੋ, ਧਰਤੀ ਠੰਡੀ ਹੋਣੀ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੋਈ।
7. Stars twinkle, planets do not. ਤਾਰੇ ਟਿਮਟਿਮਾਉਂਦੇ ਹਨ, ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਨਹੀਂ।
8. The moon is called a satellite of the Earth. ਚੰਦ ਨੂੰ ਧਰਤੀ ਦਾ ਉਪਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
9. In reality our sun itself is a star. ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਡਾ ਸੂਰਜ ਵੀ ਇੱਕ ਤਾਰਾ ਹੈ।
10. We think the Earth is very big. ਅਸੀਂ ਸੋਚਦੇ ਹਾਂ ਧਰਤੀ ਬਹੁਤ ਵੱਡੀ ਹੈ।
