Ben Oppenheimer: Planet Hunter

What is a short piece of non-fiction text?

• article

• book

• newspaper

• story

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What text features are used in this article?

• title

• subtitle

• illustration

• caption

• graph

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How many headings are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What was Ben Oppenheimer's job?

• doctor

• astronaut

• astrophysicist

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What does "astro" mean?

• planets

• stars

• nature

• study

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What are exoplanets?

• planets that circle the sun

• planets that circle the moon

• planets that circle Earth

• planets that circle stars other than the Sun

How many exoplanets have Ben and the other scientists found?

• more than 800

• more than 900

• 1000

• thousands

What is about 25 trillion miles from Earth?

• the Sun

• the other planets in our galaxy

• the closest exoplanet

What is the text structure of paragraphs 6 and 7?

• cause and effect

• description

• problem and solution

• sequence

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Based on the information in paragraph 7, what can you infer about Ben Oppenheimer?

• He must be lazy.

• He must be smart.

• He must be tired.

• He must be silly.

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