Wonders "Earth" Vocabulary and Comprehension

Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. What does the word support mean?

• plan for

• perform for

• present for

• provide for

Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. What does the word warmth mean?

• cold

• heat

• length

• light

Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. The word temperature is a measurement that indicates how

• hot or cold something is.

• high or low something is.

• wide or thin something is.

• long or short something is.

Read each item below carefully and choose the correct answer. What does a globe represent?

• the solar system

• the moon

• the earth

• the sun

What does the word amount mean?

• how large

• how long

• how deep

• how much

What does the word surface mean?

• express something

• keep something safe

• admit something openly

• the outside layer of something

Which word means “the study of the Sun, Moon, stars and planets”?

• astronomy

• globe

• solar system

• temperature

What does the word solar system mean?

• the earth and planets that move around it

• the sun and planets that move around it

• the earth and moon that moves around it

• the sun and moon that moves around it

Which sentence BEST explains what the section “Earth and Its Neighbors” is about?

• Earth is the largest of the rocky planets.

• The sun lies at the center of the solar system.

• Each planet follows its own path around the Sun.

• Earth shares space with many other planets.

How are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars ALIKE?

• They are made of rock.

• They are mostly made of gas.

• They are the farthest planets from the Sun.

• They are the largest planets in the solar system.