Wordly Wise 10

An astronomer studies

• planets and other objects in space

• plants, animals, and other living things

• Earth's mountains

• the way people lived long ago

A wheel's diameter is the distance

• around its edge

• from one side to the other through its center

• from its exact center to one point on the edge

• halfway around its edge

To gaze at someone means to

• laugh at that person

• listen carefully to that person

• look steadily at that person

• have a conversation with that person

Looking through a telescope makes

• large objects seem smaller

• faraway objects seem closer

• pale objects seem darker

• colorful objects seem duller

At the trial, people behaved with gravity. This means that people seemed

• cheerful

• curious

• frightened

• serious

Please set the oven at 350 degrees. A degree is a unit for measuring

• how long something is

• how much liquid is in a container

• how warm something is

• how heavy something is

The rainwater reflected the car's headlights. This means that the water

• threw the light back

• made the light disappear

• soaked up the light

• made the light look red

Where might you find a crater?

• on someone's breakfast table

• at the mouth of a volcano

• on a living room ceiling

• on the surface of the ocean

Besides reading, Seth loves drawing. In this sentence, besides means

• unlike

• less than

• more than

• in addition to

Most people learn to read by degrees. This means that they learn to read

• in first grade

• very quickly

• step by step

• in kindergarten