Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Comets are parts of our solar system. Like the planets, they go around the sun. But comets are not made of solid rocks like planets. A comet is a ball of dust, stones, and ice. Many people call comets dirty snowballs. The "snowball" may be only a few miles across. But when the sun heats the "snowball," much of it is changed to gases. The gases spread out and form the comet's head, which may be thousands of miles across. A comet moves fast in its trip around the sun. But when we see it, the comet does not seem to move. That's because it is so far away. The moon moves fast, but when you look at it, you can't see any motion . That's because the moon is far away. Each year astronomers discover new comets. Some of them are seen only once. They make one trip around the sun and then go away out into space. The sun's gravity cannot hold them. Other comets, like Halley, keep returning. They have been captured by the sun. Halley's earliest visit was probably 3,000 years ago. It may keep returning for another 3,000 years. But every time a comet goes around the sun, the comet loses part of itself. Gases and dust are pulled out of the comet. That's why Halley is now dimmer than it used to be. Next time it visits us, in 2062, it may be even dimmer. Each visit it may get dimmer and dimmer, until it finally disappears.

1. What is a dirty snowball?
2. What is it composed of?
3. Where do they travel?
4. Does something else travel around the sun?
5. How are they different than comets?
6. Do all comets make just one trip around the sun?
7. Why do some comets only go around once?
8. What is Halley?
9. When was Halley first seen?
10. How long will it be around?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. comets
2. dust, stones, and ice
3. around the su
4. planets
5. made of solid rocks
6. yes
7. They have been captured by the sun
8. comet
9. 3,000 years ago
10. another 3,000 years

Question: The Northwest Territories (NT or NWT) (French: "les Territoires du Nord-Ouest", "TNO"; Athabaskan languages: "Denendeh"; Inuinnaqtun: "Nunatsiaq"; Inuktitut: ) is a territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2011 population of 41,462, it is the second-largest and the most populous of the three territories in Northern Canada. Its estimated population as of 2016 is 44,291. Yellowknife became the territorial capital in 1967, following recommendations by the Carrothers Commission.

The Northwest Territories, a portion of the old North-West Territory, entered the Canadian Confederation on July 15, 1870, but the current borders were formed on April 1, 1999, when the territory was subdivided to create Nunavut to the east, via the "Nunavut Act" and the "Nunavut Land Claims Agreement". While Nunavut is mostly Arctic tundra, the Northwest Territories has a slightly warmer climate and is both boreal forest (taiga), and tundra, and its most northern regions form part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

The Northwest Territories are bordered by Canada's two other territories, Nunavut to the east and Yukon to the west, and by the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan to the south.

The name is descriptive, adopted by the British government during the colonial era to indicate where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land. It is shortened from North-Western Territory ("see" History). In Inuktitut, the Northwest Territories are referred to as ("Nunatsiaq"), "beautiful land." 1. Where are the Northwest Territories a Territory of?
2. Why did the British government adopt it's name?
3. in relation to what?
4. What was it's estamated population in 2016?
5. What is the French translation of The Northwest Territories?
6. When did it enter the Canadian Confederation?
7. and when were today's borders formed?
8. What is the capital of the territory?
9. When did Yellowknife become the capital?
10. What does the northern most regions of the Northwest Territories form part of?
11. What other Canadian territory boarders the Northwest Territory to it's west? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Canada
2. To indicate its location
3. Rupert's Land
4. 44,291
5. les Territoires du Nord-Ouest
6. July 15, 1870
7. April 1, 1999
8. Yellowknife
9. 1967
10. Canadian Arctic Archipelago
11. Yukon

Q: Molly Daniels opened the door so hard that the door nearly broke it. Then she looked through the window at her neighbor across the yard. " She is in my garden again. Those are my strawberries, not hers. Maybe I should call the police." Her friend, Doris, was sitting at the table with a cup of coffee in her hands. "You want to call the police because she picks your strawberries?" she asked. "Of course," Molly answered angrily. "What would you do if your neighbor walked into your yard without your _ and picked your strawberries?" "I would say, better here the bees." "The bees don't take my strawberries." "But the birds do," Doris continued. "That old lady only picks a few strawberries every year, and the only ones she picks are those you leave to the birds. Why don't you pick some of your good strawberries and give them to her?" "Are you crazy? What are you thinking?' "Don't you remember what happened when you were in hospital last year? She went to see you and gave you a pot full of chicken soup. When you give her the strawberries you can tell her that you still remember that." Molly was shocked. She had almost forgotten that little kindness because she was too angry. Then she picked a basket of good strawberries and went out. Through the window, Doris could see that the anger on Molly's face changed into a bright smile.

1. the door nearly broke
2. Daniels
3. yes
4. strawberries
5. coffee
6. at the table
7. Doris
8. last year
9. chicken soup
10. no

Numbered questions:
1. What almost occurred when Molly opened the door?
2. What is Molly's last name?
3. Does Molly have a garden?
4. What is she growing in it?
5. What is Molly's friend holding?
6. Where is she sitting with it?
7. What is the friend's name?
8. Was Molly in the hospital recently?
9. What did Molly's neighbor bring here when she was hospitalized?
10. When the story concluded was Molly still mad?