CBSE Class 5 Science The Moon Assignment

I. FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. The eclipse of the sun is called ______________ eclipse.

2. __________________ was the first Indian to go into the space.

3. The changes in the shapes of the moon are called ___________ of the moon.

4. The first man made satellite was _____________________.

5. The place beyond the blanket of atmosphere is called ____________________.

6. _________________ holds the record of the longest space flight for female space traveler.

7. Tides are caused by the __________________ pull of the moon.

8. The __________________ satellites are helpful in giving us the live coverage of events.

9. The big hollows on the surface of the moon are called __________________.

10. The _________________ moves around the earth .

11. _________________ are spacecrafts sent to orbit a planet .

12. Due to the absence of ________________ no sound can be heard on the moon .

II. Name the following

1. Earth’s natural satellite
Ans. ____________________________

2. The first Indian satellite
Ans. ____________________________

3. Rising and falling movements of ocean water.
Ans. ____________________________

4. The eclipse that occurs only on a full moon night.
Ans. ____________________________

5. The first man to step on the moon
Ans. ____________________________

6. The objects that cause craters on the moon
Ans. ____________________________

7. The eclipse that occurs on the New Moon day
Ans. ____________________________

III. WRITE TRUE or FALSE

1. Earth’s closest neighbour in space is the moon. ______________

2. The sun moves round the earth. _____________

3. The earth and the moon are opaque objects. _____________

4. The moon has no light of its own. _______________

5. The distance of the moon from the earth is 383000 km. ________

6. Nearly three fourths of the earth’s surface is covered by oceans. _________

7. The moon’s gravity is one – sixth of the gravity of the earth. ________