7th Grade Assessment – Unit 4 – RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, RI.7.4, RI.7.5, RI.7.8

Based on the information in lines 6 through 13, which statement is the most likely conclusion?

A. A minimum of 20,000 additional asteroids will be found in the next few years.
B. The fastest moving meteoroids are the ones that are sent on a path toward our planet.
C. Scientists were able to compare the sizes of our Moon and Ceres because of their proximity to each other.
D. An unusual characteristic of Ceres made it possible for it to be found more easily than other asteroids.

According to the article, what is one difference between asteroids and comets?

What is the impact of the phrase “planetary leftovers” in lines 29 and 30?

The information in the text box on Edmond Halley offers support for which claim made by the author?

Which sentence best states the main idea of the text box about Edmond Halley?

A. “As a student at Oxford University in England, Edmond Halley (rhymes with valley) was so excited about astronomy that he left school to map the stars in the Southern Hemisphere’s skies.”
B. “Halley is best known for his groundbreaking work on comets, especially the one that bears his name.”
C. “Halley was the first to say that comets sighted in 1531, 1607, and 1682 were actually the same comet returning every 76 years.”
D. “The multitalented Halley was England’s Astronomer Royal from 1719 until he died in 1742 at Greenwich Observatory in England.”

Read this sentence from the text box on comets.

Ancient people believed the unannounced visitors were warnings of something unusual and

terrible—war, flood, death, sickness, or earthquake.

Which section of the article supports this claim?

The purpose of the article’s structure is to

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