COMPREHENSION:
1. What is the main idea of this passage?
a. Jean de Mairan taught other astronomers about plants.
b. Jean de Mairan grew a mimosa plant in his cupboard.
c. Jean de Mairan discovered an amazing fact about plants.
2. Which is NOT true about de Mairan?
a. He was a French astronomer.
b. He invented a special clock.
c. He tried an experiment on a mimosa plant.
3. Before the experiment, what did de Mairan think would happen?
a. The mimosa plant would die without the sun.
b. The mimosa plant’s leaves would grow longer without the sun.
c. The mimosa plant’s leaves wouldn’t open or close without the sun.
4. What does the word it in the third paragraph refer to?
a. de Marian
b. the mimosa plant
c. the cupboard
5. Even without the sun, the plant knew .
a. when it was day and night
b. who put it in the cupboard
c. how to keep growing
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GRADE: A+
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