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Reading comprehension- light speed

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Light can travel about 186,000 miles per second.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

what does the word “vacuum” mean?

a)

travel

b)

space

c)

air

3.

The speed at which light travels is called light speed.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

What word is the best meaning for the word “demolished

a)

help

b)

attack

c)

destroy

5.

What word is the best synonym for the word “circumnavigate” as used in the final paragraph?

a)

all the ways around the earth

b)

partially around the earth

c)

the area the earth covers

6.

if the sun were demolished, we it would take 18 minutes for our sunlight to go dark

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

If you could travel as fast as the speed of light, you could go around the equator in about .13 seconds.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

You could circumnavigate the earth almost 5 times in one second.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

The light from our closest star, the sun, takes just over 2 minutes to get to Earth

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

What does the word “swift” mean ?

a)

to move very quickly

b)

to move very slowly