THE DYING SUN
Q.NO.1: How
is it that a star seldom finds another star near it?
Ans:
A star seldom finds another star near it because there is a distance of millions
of miles between the two stars. Moreover, space is very vast and each star
is bound to travel in its own orbit.
Q.NO.2: What
happened when, according to Sir James Jeans, a wandering star Wandering through space, came near the sun?
Q. NO. 3. What are planets and how did they come into existence? Q.NO.4:
What happened when the wandering star came nearer and nearer?
Ans:
When a wandering star came near the sun, it raised so huge tides on the
surface of the sun that we can hardly imagine. The mountain on the surface of
the sun rose higher and higher and finally it was torn into pieces. These
pieces are called the planets. Our earth is one of those planets.
Q.NO.5: Why
is there no life on the stars? Ans: There is no life on the stars because
1. 1. The stars
are balls of fire
2. 2. They have intense
heat.
3. 3. All life
will be burnt up there.
Q.NO6: Write
a note on the beginning of life on the earth.
Ans: Life started in a very simple organism that
could reproduce itself before death. In the end, it produced the most
complicated organisms like human beings who had feelings, ambition, and a love for
beauty and religion.
Q.NO.7: Why is the universe so frightening?
ANSWER: The
universe is frightening because of the following reasons:
i. 1. The universe is very vast, huge, and dark.
ii. 2. There is no life in the universe except on earth.
iii. 3. Any accident of stars or planets can destroy the whole
life and universe.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS:
Q.NO.1: What is the total number of stars?
Ans: There are uncountable stars in the universe.
The writer compares the total number of stars with the total grains of the sand of
the earth.
Q.NO.2: How big are the stars?
Ans: The stars are very huge. They are so big that
hundreds and thousands of earths could be packed inside each and leave room to
spare.
Q.NO.3: How do the stars travel?
Ans: Some stars wander about, and some stars travel in
groups. But most of the stars travel alone.
Q.NO.4: What
are the qualities of human beings?
Ans:
Human beings have feelings, ambition, a sense of beauty, and a love for
religion. They feel pride in these things.
Q.NO.5: What
is space?
Ans:
It is an empty place in the universe. It is very huge. It is dark and
cold.
Q.NO.6: Where
is life possible?
Ans:
Life is possible on planets like earth. Life needs the following
condition:
1. 1. Suitable
temperature
2. 2. Water
3. 3. Air.
Q.NO.7: What
are temperature belts?
Ans:
Temperature belts are the areas where the temperature is moderate. It is
neither too cold nor too hot. Life is possible only on these temperature belts.
Q.NO.8. How are planets different from stars?
ANS: The
stars are huge burning balls of fire while planets are the torn pieces of these
stars.
Q.NO.9. Who has written the essay “The Dying Sun”?
ANSWER: Sir
James Jeans has written this essay.
Q.NO.10. What is a milky way? What is beyond the
milky way?
ANSWER: it
is the galaxy. It can be seen in the sky in the series of stars from north to
south. Beyond the Milky Way, it is bitter cold.
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