What's up in space comp questions

What is the Sun?

• A planet

• A star

• A moon

• An asteroid

What does the author describe in the passage?

• The objects in our solar system

• why Earth only has one moon

• the different stars in the universe

• how the moon got it's craters

Our sun does not look tiny like other stars because it is the closest star to Earth. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?

• "The sun is at the center of our solar system. The sun is a hot, bright star"

• "A star is a ball of hot gas. It gives off heat and light"

• "The sun is so large that it could hold a million Earths"

• "The sun is the star closest to Earth. That is why it looks different from other stars"

Read the sentence:

"Earth is called the Blue Planet because it is covered in so much water"

Based on this information, what color does most of Earth look like from space?

• white

• brown

• green

• blue

What is the passage mostly about?

• facts about our solar system

• facts about planets

• facts about the sun

• facts about the moon

Read this sentence then answer the question:

" The moon may look as though it gives off light, but it does not. It looks bright when it reflects light from the sun"

What does the word 'reflect' mean here?

• lets light pass through a surface

• makes light go around an object

• sends light back from a surface

• stops light from going through an object

What word best completes the sentence?

'Our solar system has many different objects, ___________ planets, moons, and asteroids.'

• such as

• but

• so

• then

What is at the center of the solar system?