Wonders U5W2

What is the main difference between the planets in our solar system?

• The planets closest to the sun have a rocky surface and the planets farthest from the sun are made up mostly of gas.

• The planets farthest from the sun have a rocky surface and the planets closest to the sun are made up mostly of gas.

• The planets closet to the sun travel outside their own orbits, but the plants farthest from the sun have their own orbits.

• The planets farthest from the sun travel outside their own orbits, but the planets closest to the Sun have their own orbits.

The planets closest to the sun have a

• rocky surface

• are made up mostly of gas.

Most scientists think the world began as a

• star

• comet

• planet

• nebula

What finding made astronomers begin to doubt that Pluto was a planet?

• It traveled around the Sun in an oval-shaped orbit.

• It had a rocky surface.

• It had enough gravity to clear the neighborhood.

• It was too close to the sun.

According to the reading, what do the Planet Finders use to look for planets?

• a camera and a computer

• Hubble Space Telescope

• a wide-field telescope and a camera

• the Hubble Space telescope and a camera

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

As defined by the IAU, what category of celestial bodies orbits the Sun, is round, and is not a moon or satellite of another planet?

• asteroids

• comets

• dwarf planets

• planets

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word approximately?

• almost

• exactly

• tightly

• often

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

Which word has a similar meaning of the word approximately?

• nearly

• exactly

• tightly

• often

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which of these items would best help a person do a calculation?

• book

• computer

• paper

• scissors

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Diameter is the distance

• top to bottom

• side to side

• around something

• between two things