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Adapted from Our Very Own Star: The Sun RI.3.1

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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