The Dying Sun (Question Answers,) | 2nd Year English

 The Dying Sun (Question Answers, Translation, Synonyms & MCQs) | 2nd Year English

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Q.1: How is it that a star seldom finds another star near it?

Ans: Stars are scattered throughout space, with most traveling alone. The vastness of the universe makes it very rare for stars to come near each other. They typically journey in complete loneliness, like ships on an empty ocean.

Q.2: What happened when, according to Sir James Jeans, a wandering star, wandering through space, came near the sun?

Ans: When a wandering star came near the sun, it raised tides on the sun's surface and created a disturbance. As the star came closer, the tides grew larger and eventually turned into massive mountains. As the star moved away, its tidal pull became so powerful that it tore the mountain into pieces, throwing some parts into space. Earth is believed to be one of those pieces.

Q.3: What happened when the wandering star came nearer and nearer?

Ans: As the wandering star came nearer to the sun, it raised increasingly higher tides on the sun's surface, which eventually developed into substantial mountains. As the star moved away, the tidal pull it exerted on the sun was so strong that it tore the mountain apart, throwing off small parts into space. Earth is thought to be one of these ejected pieces.

Q.4: What are planets and how did they come into existence?

Ans: Planets are celestial bodies that orbit stars, such as our sun. They came into existence through a process involving wandering stars. When a wandering star passed close to the sun, it created tidal disturbances on the sun's surface, which eventually formed mountains. As the second star moved away, its powerful tidal pull tore one of these mountains into pieces, and these pieces became planets like Earth.

Q.5: Why is there no life on the stars?

Ans: Life requires a suitable temperature at which substances can exist in liquid form. Stars are far too hot for life as we know it, making them unsuitable for hosting life. Only planets, like Earth, with the right temperature conditions, can support life.

Q.6: Write a note on the beginning of life on Earth.

Ans: The exact origin of life on Earth is still a mystery. Life likely began with simple organisms that could reproduce before dying. Over time, life on Earth evolved into more complex forms, eventually leading to the emergence of human beings.

Q.7: Why is the universe, of which our Earth is a part, so frightening? Give as many reasons as you can.

Ans: The universe is frightening because of its immense distances that are beyond our comprehension, the vast stretches of time that make human history seem tiny, our extreme loneliness in the universe, the smallness of Earth in comparison to the cosmos, and the apparent lack of any sign of life like our own anywhere except on Earth.

Q.8: What, in your opinion, should be the conditions necessary for the kind of life we know to exist on other heavenly bodies? Do such conditions generally exist?

Ans: The conditions necessary for life as we know it include suitable temperatures, the presence of water, food, and air. Such conditions generally do not exist on many heavenly bodies. Planets too close to a star would be too hot, and those too far away would be too cold. Earth is unique in having the right conditions for life.