| Synopsis |
Authors Purpose |
Genre |
| Our Solar System was born almost 5 billion years ago at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. In over fifty dramatic, full-color photographs and an easy-to-read text, Seymour Simon takes you on a fascinating tour. |
Inform |
Informational |
RDQ
(Reading Difficulty Quotient) |
Accelerated Reader |
Lexile
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Find at |
| 1787 |
4.7 |
870 |
Amazon
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| RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words |
Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels |
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| Sentences |
Total Words |
Different Words |
| Max Word/Sent |
33 |
Total # of Words |
3063 |
# of Different Words |
774 |
| Ave Word/.Sent |
14 |
Hi Freq occurs |
1956 |
63.9% |
# of Hi freq words |
253 |
32.7% |
| % of Long Sentences |
16.7 |
Low Freq occurs |
235 |
7.7% |
# of Low freq words |
137 |
17.7% |
| Subjective
Criteria |
| Illustrations: Little support |
| Sophisticated graphics supplementing text |
| Vocabulary: Many difficult words |
| Language: Many descriptive words |
| Sentences: Some Long/Complex |
| Text structure: Formal |
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| Diagrams |
| Prior Knowledge: Familiarity |
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| Topics |
| *Space |
| Sun |
| Planets |
| Astronauts |
| Earth |
| Moon |
| Galaxy |
| Universe |
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| Low Frequency Words |
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alien |
asteroid |
asteroids |
astronauts |
astronomer |
atmosphere |
axis |
barren |
biology |
chemical |
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chromosphere |
circling |
clarity |
clumped |
commits |
composed |
constant |
constantly |
controlled |
convective |
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corona |
countless |
cratered |
crescent |
degrees |
dioxide |
droplets |
eclipse |
effect |
encircled |
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equator |
explosions |
flaming |
flatlands |
fleet |
galaxy |
galilean |
ganymede |
gases |
glare |
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global |
goddess |
gravel |
grooves |
halo |
heavily |
helium |
hollow |
hydrogen |
image |
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imagined |
impact |
incoming |
intelligent |
intense |
laboratory |
landers |
landscape |
leftover |
liquid |
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magellan |
mantle |
martians |
masses |
materials |
mercury |
messenger |
meteorite |
meteorites |
meteoroids |
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meteors |
minerals |
minor |
mountainous |
mysteries |
nasa's |
neighbor |
neptune |
nitrogen |
northern |
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nuclear |
object |
opposite |
ordinary |
outward |
oval |
oxide |
oxygen |
pacific |
particles |
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phases |
phonograph |
photograph |
photographing |
photosphere |
planetesimals |
presence |
pressures |
previous |
protective |
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radar |
radiate |
radiative |
reflect |
reservoirs |
responsible |
results |
revolves |
roman |
sample |
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satellite |
scientist |
shrunk |
sliver |
solar |
southern |
soviet |
spacecraft |
sulfur |
sulfuric |
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surrounding |
terrain |
tilted |
troposphere |
twilight |
typhoon |
unexplored |
uranus |
venus |
venus's |
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viewed |
viking |
visible |
volcanoes |
voyager |
voyager's |
windstorm |
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