Space
. What is the sun?
What does the author describe in the passage?
3. Our sun does not look tiny like other stars because it is the closest star to Earth. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion? A “The sun is at the center of our solar system. The sun is a hot, bright star.” B “The sun is the star closest to Earth. That is why it looks different from other stars.” C “The sun is the star closest to Earth. That is why it looks different from other stars.” D “The sun is so large that it could hold a million Earths.”
Read the following sentence: “Earth is called the Blue Planet because it is covered in so much water.” Based on this information, what color does most of Earth look like from space?
What is this passage mostly about?
. Read the following sentences: “The moon may look as though it gives off light, but it does not. It looks bright when it reflects light from the sun.”
As used in this sentence, what does “reflects” most nearly mean?
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
Our solar system has many different objects, ______ planets, moons, and asteroids.
What is at the center of our solar system?
Explain what an orbit is.
Name two objects in the solar system that orbit something else. Do they orbit the same thing or different things?