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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
The gas in a comets coma can be compared to the gas in a...
solar wind.
florescent light bulb
dirty snowball.
shooting star.
2
What does a comet look like in the sky?
a group of stars
a full moon
the sun
a flaming ball
3
The force that connects the solar system to the sun is called...
an asteroid.
a coma.
gravity.
a planet.
4
A comets starts out as...
chunks of ice.
a large rock.
a star.
a ball of frozen gasses.
5
Where do scientists think a huge cloud of comets might be?
behind the moon
between the planets
past the farthest planet
around the sun
6
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.
7
What is the name for the orbits that comets take around the sun?
loops
ellipses
years
periods
8
The main purpose of this selection is to tell about...
what comets are made of and how they move and change.
traveling comets that can change our lives.
how to become an astronmer.
when the next solar system will appear.
9
Scientists who study the planets and stars are called...
doctors.
dentists.
astronomers.
astronauts.
10
The tails of comets are made of...
gas and dust.
rocks.
dust.
ice.
11
This selection is most like an information book because it...
is written in the first person.
tells how to make something.
gives information about the solar system.
took place long ago.
12
What is the name for the "flying rocks" in our solar system?
asteroids
boulders
comets
meteors
