Home
Class 10
PHYSICS
Why do stars seem higher than they actua...

Why do stars seem higher than they actually are ? Illustrate your answer with the help of a diagram.

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
NA
NA
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • THE HUMAN EYE AND THE COLOURFUL WORLD

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Very Short Answer Type Questions|13 Videos

  • THE HUMAN EYE AND THE COLOURFUL WORLD

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Questions Based on High Order Thinking Skills|7 Videos

  • THE HUMAN EYE AND THE COLOURFUL WORLD

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Velue Based Questions|25 Videos

  • TEST PAPER 4

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise SECTION A|10 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

(a) How is sound produced? Explain with the help of an example. (b) How does sound from a sound producing body travel through air to reach our ears? Illustrate your answer with the help of a labelled diagram.

What change is made in the eye to enable it to focus on objects situated at different distances ? Illustrate your answer with the help of diagrams.

The stars appear higher in the sky than they actually are, due to :

Why do stars twinkle?

(a) State and explain the law of conservation of energy with an example ? (b) Explain how, the total energy a swinging pendulum at any instant of time remains conserved. Illustrate your answer with the help of a labelled diagram.

LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR-THE HUMAN EYE AND THE COLOURFUL WORLD -Exercise
  1. Name the phenomenon due to which the stars seem higher in the sky than...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Fill in the following blanks with suitable words : We can see the su...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Why do stars seem higher than they actually are ? Illustrate your answ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Explain why, the sun can be seen about two minutes before actual sunri...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Explain why, if we look at objects through the hot air over a fire, th...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. The twinkling of stars is due to atmospheric :

    Text Solution

    |

  7. The atmospheric refraction of light causes the twinkling of :

    Text Solution

    |

  8. The stars appear higher in the sky than they actually are, due to :

    Text Solution

    |

  9. As light from a far off star comes down towards the earth :

    Text Solution

    |

  10. We can see the sun before the actual sunrise by about :

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Due to atmospheric refraction of sunlight, the time from sunrise to su...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. The day is longer on the earth by about 4 minutes because :

    Text Solution

    |

  13. We know that light refracts (or bends) when it goes from one medium to...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. By how much time day would have been shorter if the earth had no atmos...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Which of the two is scattered more easily : light of shorter wavelengt...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. What colour does the sky appear to an astronaut ?

    Text Solution

    |

  17. What happens when a beam of sunlight enters a dusty room through a win...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Why does the sky appear blue on a clear day ?

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Why does the sky appear dark (or black) to an astronaut instead of blu...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Why does the sun appear red at sunrise ?

    Text Solution

    |