Planet Hunters

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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Betty Sun
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What could be another title for this reading?
a. How Exoplanets Were First Discovered
b. Is There Intelligent Life on Other Planets?
C. The Search for Earth-like Planets Around Other Stars
d. The Story of"Hot Saturn,""Hot Jupiter,"and "uper Earth"
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
2.When this article was written, how many exoplanets had been discovered?
260
about 390
nearly 4000
billions
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Look at the infographic on page 206.Which of these statements is true?
a. Mercury orbits at a great distance from is sun.
b. Mercury is larger than Earth.
C. Any water found on Venus would be frozen.
d. Venus and Earth are similar in size.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
4. The author indicates in paragraph K that observing and analyzing light from an exoplanet ________.
a. will probably show signs of life
b. will be difficut but not impossible
c. has been accomplished several times
d. will require technology not presenty avalable
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
5. The author implis that on some exoplanets, ________.
a. life may have evolved without chlorophyllbearing plants
b.chlorophyl-bearing plants would not produce a "red edge"
C. atmospheric methane and oxygen may produce a "red edge"
d. life will be simila to that on Earth if it originated at the same time
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A year on "hot Saturn" lasts lessthan thre days (paragraph B)
Fact
Speculation
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Some planets have fallen into their suns. (paragraph B)
Fact
Speculation
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