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- 1. Multiple Choice#1 What fictional planet does the writer compare Kepler-16b to?CygnusTatooineLyraPluto
- 2. Multiple Choice#2 How does the author describe Kepler-16b?as a gaseous planet about the size of Saturnas a planet probably much warmer than Earthas a moon that crosses the path of swerveral starsas a rocky planet that orbits two stars
- 3. Multiple Choice#3 Which of the following conclusions about the Kepler space telescope is supported by the passage?The telescope will nost likely discover more planets.Kepler-16b is the las planet the telescope will discover.The telescope will soon find that Kepler-16b supports life.NASA will stop searching fo rplanets with the telescope.
- 4. Multiple Choice#4 In the sentence for #4, The word habitable meanscovered with holessuitable to live oncarefully observedgrowing in size
- 5. Multiple Choice#5 Which staement best describes the main idea of the passage?NASA recently announced the discovery of a circumbinary planet.Kepler-16b's star system is located about 200 light-years from Earth.Scientist Nick Gautier is studying exoplanets to learn how planets form.The Kepler space telescope is on a mission to find Earth-like exoplanets.
- 6. Multiple Choice#6 What is a light-year?the distance light travels through space in a singel yearthe amount of time it takes for light to travel through space in a single yearthe distance light travels through the Milky Way Galaxy in a single yearthe amount of time it takes for light to travel through the Milky Way Galaxy in a single year
- 7. Multiple Choice#7 How might Laurance Doyle, principal inverstigator for the SETI Insitute, have felt when he learned of the discovery of Kepler-16b?ExcitedSomberHappyDisappointed
- 8. Multiple Choice#8 Rogue planets are no longer in orbit_______ they have broken free from the gravitational force of theri stars.beforehoweveralthoughbecasue
- 9. Multiple Choice#9 Answer the question based on the sentence in #9.
Who?planetstarschangesscientists - 10. Multiple Choice#10 Based on the sentence in #9
(do) what?analyze teh changes in a star's lightaccuratley determine the size and massorbiting the stardiscovery of new planets - 11. Multiple Choice#11 Based on #9.
why?to accurately determine the size and mass of a planet orbiting that starto accurately determine the size and mass of a star's lightto accurately determine the size and mass of a star orbiting a planetto accurately determine the size and mass of the changes in a star - 12. Multiple Choice#12 What is not a definition of an eclipse?The partial or total blocking of a moon by another planet, star, or moonpartial or total blocking of the light of one planet by another planet, star, or moonpartial or total blocking of a star by another planet, star, or moonthe total or partial blocking of a galaxy by another planet, star, or moon
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