Unit 3 Week 3 Comp Part 2 - Closest Star

What is the main idea of this article?

• A star is a ball of extremely hot gases.

• The sun is our nearest and most important star.

• Not all stars are the same size and temperature.

• The sun is an ordinary star compared to other stars.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which sentence from the article BEST summarizes the main idea?

• A tiny white light twinkles in the night sky and a large yellow ball blazes brightly in the daytime sky.

• The sun is actually a star of ordinary temperature and brightness.

• More than a million planets the size of Earth could fit in the sun.

• Although the sun is an ordinary star in the universe, it is a vitally important star to Earth and its existence.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Read the sentence from the article.

Their light takes a very lengthy time to travel through space and reach Earth.

The suffix -y means “full of.” What does the word lengthy mean?

• average

• difficult

• long

• powerful

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read the paragraph from the article:

Then why does the sun look so much larger than any other star? The sun looks larger because it is so much closer to Earth than any other star. The closer an object is to you, the larger it looks. The sun is about 93 million miles away. That is very far, but it is close if you are talking about distances in the universe. Other stars are much, much farther away. Their light takes a very lengthy time to travel through space and reach Earth.

Which sentence summarizes the main idea of the paragraph?

• The sun looks larger because it is so much closer to Earth than any other star.

• The closer an object is to you, the larger it looks.

• The sun is about 93 million miles away.

• That is very far, but it is close if you are talking about distances in the universe.

• Their light takes a very lengthy time to travel through space and reach Earth.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Read the sentence from the article:

It is so bright that you should not look directly at it.

The suffix -ly means "a certain way". How do you look at the sun if you look directly at it?

• you blink at it

• you look right at it

• you squint your eyes at it

• you stare at it for a long time

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which word uses the suffix -ly in the same way as directly?

• bravely

• early

• jelly

• supply

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CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D