Page 27 - BP1Y 001 Listening Success BT1
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A. Listen and answer the following questions. Note taking
1. What is the main idea of this passage? Topic :
information about the solar system and its planets
information about planets
discussion of how Pluto does not meet the new Main idea :
requirements of a planet
discussion of how Pluto is and will always be considered
st
a planet 1 Major point :
2. What is the first criterion of meeting the definition of
a planet?
It must be large. Details :
It must orbit the sun.
It must have a moon.
It must be spherical.
3. Why is Pluto not considered to be a regular planet?
2 Major point :
nd
because it is not spherical
because it is the farthest away
because it has a strange orbit
because it is not big enough to move other large chunks Details :
of matter out of its orbit
4. What is Pluto now called?
a dwarf planet
a giant planet
3 Major point :
rd
the satellite
the small world
B. Check True or False. Details :
1. The definition of a planet changed in 2006.
2. Pluto has a strange orbit.
3. Pluto is not massive enough to form a sphere.
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