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Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
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a rocky metallic object that travels around the sun
What is an asteroid?
100
a synonym for happy
What is content?
100
someone or something that does NOT live forever
What is a mortal?
100
Approximately how many stars are in our galaxy?
more than 100 billion
100
What is the definition of a galaxy?
a huge, organized collection of stars
200
a force that pulls things toward Earth so they won't float away
What is gravity?
200
a synonym for terrible
What is unbearable?
200
an antonym for well-behaved
What is disobedient?
200
What is the name of our galaxy?
the Milky Way
200
What is the closest star to the Earth?
The sun
300
having died out
What is extinct?
300
round holes in surface made by something that has hit it
What are craters?
300
a synonym for adored
What is beloved?
300
What planets are called the gas giants?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
300
What are sunspots?
areas of gas on the sun that are cooler than the gases around them
400
heavenly bodies with a glowing tail of light
What are comets?
400
the center part
What is a core?
400
having a quality that you cannot stand or tolerate
What is unbearble?
400
What are the nine planets in order starting with the ones closest to the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
400
How high can the temperature (Fahrenheit) reach in the sun's core?
27 million degrees
500
to send out or give off (verb)
What is to emit?
500
a mix of gases that surrounds a star ot planet
What is the atmosphere?
500
sentenced; judged against
What is condemned?
500
What is the distance in miles between the sun and the Earth?
93,026,724 miles
500
What substances make up a comet's tail?
Gas and Dust