Main Idea/Details Quiz

What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

• The planets of our solar system.

• Comets in our solar system orbit the sun.

• The earth circles the sun once a year.

What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

• Solar winds cause a comet's vapor cloud to trail out like a tail.

• The solid part of a comet can be 10 miles across.

• Comets are made of frozen gasses and bits of rock and dust.

What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

• A comet's vapor tail can be hundreds of millions of miles long.

• When comets are visible from earth, they appear to be motionless.

• When comets are visible from earth, they appear to whiz across the sky.

What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?

• The most famous comet is Halley's Comet.

• The orbit of Halley's Comet takes 76 years.

• The next time Halley's Comet will be visible is in 2061.

What event happened FIRST in the article?

• Comets are made of frozen gasses and bits of rock and dust.

• Comets in our solar system orbit the sun.

• When comets are visible from earth, they appear to be motionless.

• The most famous comet is Halley's Comet.

What is the LAST event in the article?

• Comets are made of frozen gasses and bits of rock and dust.

• Comets in our solar system orbit the sun.

• When comets are visible from the earth, they appear to be motionless.

• The most famous comet is Halley's Comet.

What would be a good title for the article?

• Comets in our solar system

• Halley's Comet

• Solar Winds

• Vapor Trail

What causes the comet's frozen gasses to turn into a cloud of vaopr?

• Orbiting around the earth

• Halley's Comet

• Heat from the sun

• Comets circle the sun once a year

Why does the comet appear to be motionless in the sky?

• Because it is 10 miles long

• Because there are 4.000 of them

• Because they happen every 76 years

• Because both the comet and the earth are moving

After 2061, when will the comet next be visible?

• Year 3000

• Year 2062

• Year 2137

• Year 3137