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A Look Into Space

Did you know that we used to think that there were nine planets that made up the solar system? Up until 2006, Pluto was considered to be the ninth planet and was located furthest away from the sun in our solar system. However, since 2006 Pluto has been considered to be a “dwarf planet” because it is too small to be considered a planet. Now that Pluto is not considered a planet, only eight planets are left to make up our solar system. The order of the planets from the sun is as follows: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Mercury is the planet closest to the sun; however, can you believe that Mercury is not the planet with the hottest temperatures in our solar system? Well, believe it because Venus is the planet with the highest temperatures! The only award that sets Mercury apart from any other planet in the solar system is that it is the smallest planet.

Earth is the planet where you and I live. Earth is the only planet currently known to be the home of living things. However, Mars does show some signs that there may be water on the planet, which is necessary for living things to grow and live on Mars. Maybe one day we will learn that aliens really do live on Mars!

Jupiter is the largest planet is the solar system, but it has the shortest days out of all of the planets because it turns so quickly. A day on Earth is 24 hours long, but a day on Jupiter is less than 10 hours long and a day on Saturn is just over 10 hours long. If we lived on Jupiter or Saturn, then we would spend most of the day in school!

Uranus is not the furthest planet from the sun, but it is the coldest. Even though Uranus is the coldest planet, Neptune might have the worst weather. One storm on Neptune lasted for about 5 years! Could you imagine a storm lasting for 5 years on Earth?

One fun thing about science is that we are always learning something new because science can change. We could learn more unknown, fun facts about the solar system in the future!

According to the passage, which planet is known for its long-lasting storms?

Venus

Mars

Neptune

Earth

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According to the passage, which planet is known for its long-lasting storms?

Your answer:

Venus

Your answer:

Mars

Your answer:

Earth

Correct answer:

Neptune

Explanation:

This answer can be found directly in the passage by locating the part of the passage where storms are discussed.

"Uranus is not the furthest planet from the sun, but it is the coldest! Even though Uranus is the coldest planet, Neptune might have the worst weather. One storm on Neptune lasted for about 5 years! Could you imagine a storm lasting for 5 years on Earth? "

Neptune is the correct answer.

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Passage and table adapted from "Why Leaves Change Color" on "Northeastern Area," a website by the USDA Forest Service. <https://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/pubs/leaves/leaves.shtm>.

There are two main types of trees: coniferous trees and deciduous trees. Coniferous trees have small, needle-like leaves. They keep these leaves all year. One example of a coniferous tree is a pine tree, which has green needles during all seasons. In contrast, deciduous trees lose their leaves every autumn. Before these leaves drop and blow away, they change from green to colors like red, orange, yellow, and brown.

Have you ever wondered why deciduous leaves change color in the fall? This color change is caused by a chemical process in the cells of tree leaves.

Green leaves are green because they contain a green molecule, chlorophyll. This is a very important molecule in the natural world. Leaves use this molecule to turn carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water into sugar and oxygen in a process called “photosynthesis.” So, chlorophyll lets the plant store energy as sugar, which it can use as food. It also lets the plant provide food for anything that eats it, like a cow, a bird, or even a human!

So, what does chlorophyll, a green molecule, have to do with autumn leaf colors? Deciduous leaves also contain molecules of other colors, but the chlorophyll in the leaves covers them up in the summer. In the fall, deciduous trees stop making chlorophyll. Eventually there is no more chlorophyll in their leaves. The colors of the other molecules show through. The colors of these other molecules are the colors we see in autumn leaves. The next time you see colorful leaves in the fall, you’ll know more about the chemistry at work!

$\begin{tabular}{ |c|c|c| } \hline Type of Tree & Color of Leaves in Fall \\ \hline Oak & Red and Brown \\ Hickory & Dark gold \\ Aspen & Yellow \\ Dogwood & Reddish-Purple \\ Beech & Light Tan \\ Sourwood & Dark Red \\ Black Tupelo & Dark Red \\ Red Maple & Bright Red \\ Sugar Maple & Reddish-Orange \\ Black Maple & Yellow \\ Striped Maple & Nearly Colorless \\ Elms & Brown \\ \hline \end{tabular}$

In which of the following sentences does the author reveal the source of the colors of autumn leaves?

"The colors of these other molecules are the colors we see in autumn leaves."

"There are two main types of trees: coniferous trees and deciduous trees."

"So what does chlorophyll, a green molecule, have to do with autumn leaf colors?"

"Before these leaves drop and blow away, they change from green to colors like red, orange, yellow, and brown."

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In which of the following sentences does the author reveal the source of the colors of autumn leaves?

Your answer:

"There are two main types of trees: coniferous trees and deciduous trees."

Your answer:

"So what does chlorophyll, a green molecule, have to do with autumn leaf colors?"

Your answer:

"Before these leaves drop and blow away, they change from green to colors like red, orange, yellow, and brown."

Correct answer:

"The colors of these other molecules are the colors we see in autumn leaves."

Explanation:

To answer this question correctly, you need to pick out the sentence in which the author tells readers the cause of autumn leaves' bright colors.

"There are two main types of trees: coniferous trees and deciduous trees." - This sentence is not the correct answer because it talks about types of trees, not the colors of autumn leaves.

"Before these leaves drop and blow away, they change from green to colors like red, orange, yellow, and brown." - This sentence talks about the colors of autumn leaves, but it simply says that the leaves change color in the autumn. It does not tell the reader why they change color, merely that they do. The correct answer is the sentence in which the author presents the source of the color change, which this sentence does not, so this is not the correct answer.

"So what does chlorophyll, a green molecule, have to do with autumn leaf colors?" - The author talks about chlorophyll and autumn leaf colors in this sentence, but it is a question about how the two concepts are related. It does not tell us how they are related. So, this isn't the correct answer either.

"The colors of these other molecules are the colors we see in autumn leaves." - This is the correct answer! This sentence tells readers the source of autumn leaves' bright colors: it is the colors of the other molecules that the lack of chlorophyll reveals.

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