What is it called when the Earth is closest to the sun _____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Earth is closest to the sun every year in early ______________, when it’s winter for the Northern Hemisphere. We’re farthest away from the sun in early __________________, during our Northern Hemisphere summer.

   A. January – July
   B. June – December
   C. July – January
   D. December – June

   Submitted by: Mansoor Ul Haque

2. When in the part of its orbit closest to the Sun, Pluto has an atmosphere of nitrogen and methane similar to Triton’s, but what happens when it is farther from the Sun ?

   A. These gases are not present
   B. These gases are like plasma
   C. These gases are frozen 
   D. These gases are volatile

   Submitted by: Muhammad Abdullah

3. The ________ system is the closest star system to our sun.?

   A. Promixa Centauri
   B. Alpha Centauri
   C. Red proxima Centauri
   D. None of these

   Submitted by: Shahbaz Jiskani

4. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, but Venus is hotter than Mercury because of its_________?

   A. Pressure
   B. axis
   C. atmosphere
   D. surface

   Submitted by: Faheem Zaman Chachar

5. PSR J0108-1431 is the closest known ______________ to Earth?

   A. Black hole
   B. Red giant
   C. Quasar
   D. Pulsar

   Submitted by: Mansoor Ul Haque

6. The position of earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the sun causing northern summer is called ___________?

   A. Aphelion
   B. Perihelion
   C. Perigee
   D. Apogee
   E. None of these

7. Earth rotates the sun in___________?

   A. 23 hours 56 min 4 sec
   B. 24 hours
   C. 23 hours 57 min 9 sec
   D. Non of above

   Submitted by: Zeeshan Mehand

8. How many times the sun is bigger than the size of the earth?

   A. 69 times
   B. 89 times
   C. 99 times
   D. 109 times

   Submitted by: Somia Usman Taimoor

9. Ozone layer protects the Earth from __________ radiations from the Sun.

   A. microwaves
   B. infrared
   C. X-rays
   D. ultraviolet

   Submitted by: Aamir Hussain Laghari

10. The sun is _________times bigger than the Earth.

    A. 105
    B. 107
    C. 109
    D. 111

    Submitted by: Aurangzeb Bhutto