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Adapted from Our Very Own Star: The Sun RI.3.1
By Gidget Morton
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Question 1
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Why should people not look directly at the sun?
A The sun could harm their eyes.
B The sun is too bright to look at without sunglasses.
C The sun is so far away, looking at it could hurt their necks.
D The sun has dangerous gases that will make people sick.
Question 2
2.
According to the text, why does the sun look so small in the sky?
A It has storms on its surface.
B It is the same size as Earth.
C It contains many small stars.
D It is very far away from Earth.
Question 3
3.
According to the text, what is the sun made of?
A dark spots
B hot gases
C rock and ice
D lava and dirt
Question 4
4.
According to the text, what would happen to Earth without the sun?
A Earth would freeze into a ball of ice.
B Earth would become a black star.
C The water on Earth would disappear.
D The land on Earth would melt.
Question 5
5.
According to the tex, why do scientists study the sun?
A to learn more about life on other planets
B to learn more about the dark spots in a candle
C to learn more about Earth's weather and climate
D to learn more about how life would be on a frozen Earth
