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General Questions
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What is the genre of the passage?
expository nonfiction
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What word describes the spinning motion of a planet?
rotates or rotation
100
Which planet is the largest?
Jupiter
100
What is Pluto considered to be now?
a dwarf planet
100
Identify the story as real or make believe.
real
200
True or false: Nearly all planets are bigger than stars.
False, most stars are bigger than planets.
200
Why do you need a telescope to see the planet Neptune?
because it is so far away
200
What is unusual about the moon of Ganymeade which orbits the planet Jupiter?
It is the largest moon in the solar system.
200
What is the core of Mercury made of?
iron
200
Is the story fiction or nonfiction?
nonfiction
300
What makes a star shine?
It is made up of gases that give off light and heat.
300
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
300
What is the second largest planet?
Saturn
300
Which planet has never been explored by a spacecraft?
Pluto
300
What is the author's purpose for writing the passage?
to give information and facts about the planets
400
How are the planets alike?
All the planets circle around the sun.
400
Which planet is the brightest object in our sky?
Venus
400
Which planet has more rings: Saturn or Uranus?
Saturn, it has hundreds.
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What is the meaning of "brightly"?
in a bright way
400
What causes the ocean tides to rise and fall?
the moon
500
What do you call the paths that the planets follow to circle around the sun?
an orbit
500
How many planets is Earth from the sun?
the third
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Which planets have a longer orbit: the planets closer to the sun or the planets father away from the sun?
the planets farther away from the sun
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What type of figurative language is: million miles
alliteration
500
What determines how long a planet's year is?
The year is determined by how long it takes that planet to go around the sun one time.