Wordly Wise Level 2 Lesson 10

An astronomer studies

• planets and other objects in space.

• plants, animals, and other living things.

• Earth's mountains.

• the way people lived long ago.

A wheel's diameter is the distance

• around its edge.

• from one side to the other through its center.

• from its exact center to one point on its edge.

• halfway around its edge.

To gaze at someone means to

• laugh at that person.

• listen carefully to that person.

• look steadily at that person.

• have a conversation with that person.

Looking through a telescope makes

• large objects seem smaller.

• faraway objects seem closer.

• pale objects seem darker.

• colorful objects seem duller.

At the trial, people behaved with gravity. This means that people seemed

• cheerful.

• curious.

• frightened.

• serious.

Please set the oven to 350 degrees. A degree is a unit for measuring

• how long something is.

• how much liquid is in a container.

• how warm something is.

• how heavy something is.

The rainwater reflected the car's headlights. This means that the water

• threw the light back.

• made the light disappear.

• soaked up the light.

• made the light look red.

Where might you find a crater?

• on someone's breakfast table

• at the mouth of a volcano

• on a living room ceiling

• on the surface of the ocean

Besides reading, Seth loves drawing. In this sentence, besides means

• unlike.

• less than.

• more than.

• in addition to.

Most people learn to read by degrees. This means that they learn to read

• in first grade.

• very quickly.

• step by step.

• in kindergarten.