"In Our Galaxy, Far, Far Away" ReadWorks

#1 What fictional planet does the writer compare Kepler-16b to?

• Cygnus
• Tatooine
• Lyra
• Pluto

#2 How does the author describe Kepler-16b?

• as a gaseous planet about the size of Saturn
• as a planet probably much warmer than Earth
• as a moon that crosses the path of swerveral stars
• as a rocky planet that orbits two stars

#3 Which of the following conclusions about the Kepler space telescope is supported by the passage?

• The telescope will nost likely discover more planets.
• Kepler-16b is the las planet the telescope will discover.
• The telescope will soon find that Kepler-16b supports life.
• NASA will stop searching fo rplanets with the telescope.

#4  In the sentence for #4, The word habitable means

• covered with holes
• suitable to live on  
• carefully observed 
• growing in size

#5 Which staement best describes the main idea of the passage?

• NASA recently announced the discovery of a circumbinary planet.
• Kepler-16b's star system is located about 200 light-years from Earth.
• Scientist Nick Gautier is studying exoplanets to learn how planets form.
• The Kepler space telescope is on a mission to find Earth-like exoplanets.

#6 What is a light-year?

• the distance light travels through space in a singel year
• the amount of time it takes for light to travel through space in a single year
• the distance light travels through the Milky Way Galaxy in a single year
• the amount of time it takes for light to travel through the Milky Way Galaxy in a single year

#7 How might Laurance Doyle, principal inverstigator for the SETI Insitute, have felt when he learned of the discovery of Kepler-16b?

• Excited
• Somber
• Happy
• Disappointed

#8 Rogue planets are no longer in orbit_______ they have broken free from the gravitational force of theri stars.

• before
• however
• although
• becasue

#9 Answer the question based on the sentence in #9.
Who?

• planet
• stars
• changes
• scientists

#10 Based on the sentence in #9
(do) what?

• analyze teh changes in a star's light
• accuratley determine the size and mass
• orbiting the star
• discovery of new planets