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Visitors from Space Trophies 3rd
Visitors from Space Trophies 3rd
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Trophies Harcourt reading series comprehension questions.
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1
What is the name for the "flying rocks" in our solar system?
asteroids
meteors
comets
boulders
2
The tails of comets are made of...
gas and dust.
dust.
rocks.
ice.
3
This selection is most like an information book because it...
gives information about the solar system.
took place long ago.
is written in the first person.
tells how to make something.
4
The main purpose of this selection is to tell about...
how to become an astronmer.
traveling comets that can change our lives.
when the next solar system will appear.
what comets are made of and how they move and change.
5
Where do scientists think a huge cloud of comets might be?
around the sun
between the planets
past the farthest planet
behind the moon
6
The gas in a comets coma can be compared to the gas in a...
florescent light bulb
shooting star.
dirty snowball.
solar wind.
7
What does a comet look like in the sky?
a group of stars
a flaming ball
the sun
a full moon
8
The force that connects the solar system to the sun is called...
gravity.
an asteroid.
a coma.
a planet.
9
What is the name for the orbits that comets take around the sun?
periods
ellipses
years
loops
10
Scientists who study the planets and stars are called...
astronauts.
doctors.
dentists.
astronomers.
11
A comets starts out as...
chunks of ice.
a ball of frozen gasses.
a large rock.
a star.
12
Long ago, why did people think a comet was a warning of something bad?
People did not understand comets.
Earthquakes and floods occurred after a commet appeared.
Bad things happened after a comet appeared.
Comets appeared in the sky suddenly.
