A Comet's Echo Through Time — Questions and answers

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How did Edmond Halley feel about the comet?

Choices

  1. He was afraid of it
  2. He found it boring
  3. He looked at it with burning curiosity ✓
  4. He thought it was an omen of doom

Answer: He looked at it with burning curiosity

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Who did Edmond Halley visit to learn about the new theory of gravity?

Choices

  1. Kavya's father
  2. Isaac Newton ✓
  3. Dmitri
  4. An ancient observer

Answer: Isaac Newton

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How often did Edmond Halley predict the same comet would return?

Choices

  1. Every year
  2. Every sixteen years
  3. Every seventy-six years ✓
  4. Every three hundred years

Answer: Every seventy-six years

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According to Dmitri, why was history the key to Halley solving the comet puzzle?

Choices

  1. Because Halley was very excited
  2. Because he used a brass astrolabe
  3. Because Halley had data from the past ✓
  4. Because he peered through the sight

Answer: Because Halley had data from the past

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