NYSESLAT Listening Practice Passage 5

Which word or words tell where the Sun is located within the Solar System?

• providing warmth

• at the center

• all the planets

• orbit around it

Which words from the passage tell something else about the Solar System?

• around it

• closest to the sun

• there are eight planets

• that orbit

1. Which words help tell the meaning of asteroids?

• between Mars and Jupiter

• Orbit the sun

• the asteroid belt

• rocky objects

Which word or words in the passage tell what scientists are doing?

• studying

• constantly

• a mysterious place

• how it works

Which words help tell the meaning of orbit?

• warmth and light

• The sun

• around the sun

• all the planets

Which words from the passage tell how Earth is different from other planets?

• has one moon

• For example

• other planets

• over 70