Reading Street 3.3.3 Seeing Stars

Choose the vocabulary word that fits the definition: Very large

• dim

• gigantic

• shine

• temperature

Choose the vocabulary word that fits the definition: Spoon with a deep bowl and a long handle

• ladle

• patterns

• dim

• temperature

Choose the vocabulary word that fits the definition: To give off light

• dim

• gas

• patterns

• shine

Choose the vocabulary word that fits the definition: Measure of heat or cold

• patterns

• gas

• temperature

• shine

Choose the vocabulary word that fits the definition: Poorly lit, hard to see

• dim

• gas

• shine

• gigantic

Choose the best word to fill in the blanks: Constellations are groups of stars that form _______________ in the sky.

• shine

• gigantic

• patterns

• temperature

Choose the best word to fill in the blanks: Our sun gives off light because it is a ball of burning _____________.

• temperature

• gas

• ladle

• shine

Choose the best word to fill in the blanks: The big dipper is shaped like an ordinary kitchen __________.

• patterns

• gas

• ladle

• temperature

Choose the best word to fill in the blanks: It's hard to believe stars are _______________ when they look so small to us from Earth.

• dim

• shine

• ladle

• gigantic

Choose the best word to fill in the blanks: When daylight grows _________________ as the sun sets, stars begin to appear in the sky.

• dim

• patterns

• gas

• temperature