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प्रश्न
Do you think the moon is flat like the coin or round like a ball?
उत्तर
I think the moon is round like a ball.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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- Are you able to sit in one place?
- What about your hair?
- Oh, look … where are your bags and books going?
- what is your teacher doing? Where is her chalk?
- How did you eat your food during the break? How did you drink water? What happened to the ball that you threw up?
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Look at the moon tonight and draw what it looks like. Look and draw again after one week, and then after 15 days.
| Today’s Date | Date after a week | Date after 15 days |
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What are the festivals related to the moon?
At night look at the sky carefully for 5 minutes.
- What could you see?
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Given below are the times at which the moon rises and sets in Delhi (on the given days).
| Date |
Time of moonrise (hours: minutes) |
Time of moon (hours: minutes)set |
| 28-10-2007 | 19:16 | 08:50 |
| 29-10-2007 | 20:17 | 10:03 |
| 30-10-2007 | 21:22 | 11:08 |
| 31-10-2007 | 22:29 | 12:03 |
- On 28 October the moon came out at ___ minutes past ___ o’clock.
- On 29 October the moon came out at ___ minutes past ___ o’clock.
- On 29 October there was a difference of ___ hours and ___ minutes in the time of the moonrise (as compared to 28 October).
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