Read the article below. You will be asked questions about details you read. Adjust your speed to reflect the purpose of your reading.

Scientific truths abound in the Bible. For instance, God tells us in Jeremiah 33:22, ". . . the host of heaven cannot be numbered. . . ." Thousands of years ago, however, men tried to count the stars. The scientist Ptolemy counted 1,056 stars. Another man, Tycho Brahe, counted 777 stars. Kepler counted 1,005. Each man thought he had fully determined the number of the stars.



With the invention of the telescope in the seventeenth century, man soon learned there were many more than a thousand stars.

On a clear night, you may be able to see two thousand or three thousand stars, but well over a hundred billion stars are now known to be in our own galaxy. Yet our galaxy is not the only one in our universe. Powerful telescopes have shown evidence of millions of galaxies in space. Each galaxy contains billions of stars.

How many stars are there? Many astronomers are now agreeing that numbering the stars is not humanly possible. As God said, ". . . the host of heaven cannot be numbered. . . ."



For each of the following questions, type the correct letter in the answer box.

1. According to the article, the Bible contains many _____.

a. good things
b. scientific truths
c. stories for Christians

Answer:

2. The verse, ". . . the host of heaven cannot be numbered. . . . " is found in _____.

a. Jeremiah
b. Ezekiel
c. Zephaniah

Answer:

3. How many stars did Ptolemy count?

a. 1,056
b. 2,000
c. 777

Answer:

4. In which century was the telescope invented ?

a. eighteenth
b. seventeenth
c. sixteenth

Answer:

5. On a clear night, how many stars can you see?

a. four thousand
b. one thousand to two thousand
c. two thousand to three thousand

Answer:

6. How many stars are in our galaxy?

a. one hundred billion
b. one trillion
c. one hundred thousand

Answer:

7. Powerful telescopes have shown evidence of how many galaxies?

a. billions
b. no other
c. millions

Answer:

8. Many astronomers now agree about which statement?

a. The stars cannot be counted.
b. The stars can be counted.
c. We will someday count the stars.

Answer: