Pages 413-415
Pages 416-419
Pages 420-423
General Questions
PSSA Questions
100
What is the genre of this passage?
a play
100
Why is it dangerous to fly near Saturn?
because you might get caught in its rings
100
More than half the Earth is covered with ___.
water
100
Identify the passage as real or make believe?
make believe
100
What type of figurative language compares two things using like or as?
simile
200
Why does the crew keep a space log?
because it is a record of their travels
200
Why are there a lot of volcanoes on Jupiter?
because it wobbles, and the wobbling makes heat
200
How is Earth different from all the other planets?
It is the only planet that has the three forms of water: solid, liquid, and gas.
200
Identify the passage as fiction or nonfiction?
fiction
200
What type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as?
metaphor
300
Why is it difficult to study Pluto?
because it is so far away from Earth
300
How are Mars and Earth alike?
They both have ice caps.
300
Why can't the ship land on the sun?
because the sun is not solid, it is made up of gases
300
What is the author's purpose for writing the passage?
to entertain
300
What type of figurative language is: Spongebob Squarepants?
alliteration
400
Who was the first scientist to see Neptune?
Galileo
400
Which planet is called the "Red Planet"?
Mars
400
What happens after Explorer moves away from the sun?
It slows down.
400
Which word on page 414 means "to make larger"?
magnify
400
What type of figurative language makes something not human act like a human?
personification
500
What is different about Earth and Neptune?
Neptune is not solid like Earth.
500
What does "easily" mean?
in an easy way
500
Where is the crew planning to go at the end of the passage?
home to Earth
500
What does the word "actually" mean?
in an actual way
500
What type of figurative language is the folllowing sentence: The flowers danced in the wind.
personification
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