'Parsec' is the unit of measurement of:

orbital velocity of giant stars

The altitudes of heavenly bodies appear to be greater than they actually are. This is due to:

vertical motion of these heavenly bodies

these are visible because of light of the sun reflected from their surface

Twelve constellations referred to as zodiac are:

imaginary region that encompass the path of the planets

The term 'meteor' is applied to an interplanetary body:

after it enters the atmosphere of the earth

after it enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes in mid air as a ball of fire

after it enters the earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface of the earth without exploding in mid-air

before it enters the earth's atmosphere

Which one of the following statements regarding Shooting Stars is incorrect?

They are the debris which got separated from a comet

They emit light due to extremely high temperature caused by friction while they are passing through earth's atmosphere

The constellations of stars appear at different positions in the sky at different times during night mainly:

because earth rotates about its axis

because earth revolves round the sun

because celestial bodies are changing their positions all the time

contracted star with intense gravitational pull

star with very low surface temperature

Pole Star is always seen at one point in the sky whereas other stars are not; this is because:

Pole star rotates with the same period as the earth

Pole star is a star of our own galaxy

Sun and Pole star are in two opposite directions relative to earth

Pole star lies in the axis of spin of the earth

The term 'meteor' is applied to an interplanetary body:

after it enters the atmosphere of the earth

after it enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes in mid air as a ball of fire

after it enters the earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface of the earth without exploding in mid-air

before it enters the earth's atmosphere

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