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A Comet or a Shooting Star?

A Comet or a Shooting Star?

Assessment

Passage

English

4th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Kelci Baldwin

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which detail supports the idea that comets and asteroids are similar?

Stars that burn

It has a tail

They will reappear

Also orbit the sun

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which detail supports the idea that comets and asteroids have differences?

Comets are made of ice and dirt and orbit the sun.

Scientists have been able to keep track of a number of traveling comets.

However, asteroids are made of rock, carbon, and metal.

Even with a telescope, people can have trouble telling the difference between an asteroid and a comet.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which detail shows the relationship between comets, asteroids, and meteoroids?

Gas and dust travel behind a comet

Asteroids are made of rock, carbon, and metal

Meteoroids are pieces of a comet or asteroid that break off

If it lands on Earth, it is called a meteorite

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the central idea of the selection?

Things from space end up on Earth eventually.

Comets, meteoroids, and asteroids are very similar.

Most things in space are made up of the same materials.

Comets, meteoroids, and asteroids are all visible from Earth.

5.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Imagine you and a friend saw a shooting star. Use details from the selection to explain exactly what you saw.

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