The Jewel of the Solar System

1. According to the passage, which sentence about Saturn is true?

• a. Saturn has large oceans, just like Earth.

• b. Saturn has 700 moons.

• c. One of the things that makes up Saturn is helium.

2. In total, Saturn has________ring(s).

• a. one

• b. seven

• c. thousands of

3. In line 16, the phrase in spite of has a similar meaning to _______.

• a. in addition

• b. although

• c. therefore

4. Which of these is NOT an example of the data that Cassini sends back to Earth?

• a. pictures

• b. information

• c. life forms

5. The Earth is bigger than Saturn.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

6. 6. For many generations, people have been interested in Saturn's rings.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

6. 7. It is more than 250,000 kilometers from Earth to Earth's moon.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

6. 8. The reason why many countries worked together to build Cassini is because it was so expensive.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

6. 9. Some of the videos from Cassini show life forms.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

6. 10. Cassini sends data to Earth once a week.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN