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7. A reader of the article could determine that
a. nobody knows for sure what Pluto is

b. some scientists argue that Pluto is merely a very large Kuiper Belt object
c. as of now, Pluto has been demoted to king of the Kuiper Belt
d. all of the above

8. Which of these states an opinion?

a. In 1930, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh actually identified Pluto.
b. Pluto is a body 3 million miles away from the Sun.
c. Pluto does not have sufficient gravity to clear debris from its orbital path.
d. Pluto is a dwarf planet.

9. The article was created mainly to
a. inform the reader about the solar system
b. inform the reader about Pluto

c. inform the reader about what Pluto might be
d. persuade the reader about Pluto being a planet

10. The words icy bodies describes

a. frozen corpses
b. frozen masses
c. cold meat

d. cold people

True or False
Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

a. In the nineteenth century, upon noticing T F

discrepancies in the orbits of the planets Venus and
Neptune, astronomers speculated that another

undiscovered planet might be affecting the two.
b. Kuiper Belt is a region of space at the outer edges T F

of our solar system that is cluttered with debris.
c. The International Astronomical Union finally agreed T F

that a planet is a body that has three
characteristics.

d. Pluto is actually closer to the Sun than Neptune for T F
20 years out of its 248-year cycle.

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