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Questions 14-17

Reading Passage 2 has seven paragraphs, A-G.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet.

examples of different ways in which the parallax principle has been applied
a description of an event which prevented a transit observation
a statement about potential future discoveries leading on from transit observations
a description of physical states connected with Venus which early astronomical instruments failed to overcome

Look at the following statements (Questions 18-21) and the list of people below.

Match each statement with the correct person, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter, A, B, C or D, in boxes 18-21 on your answer sheet.

He calculated the distance of the Sun from the Earth based on observations of Venus with a fair degree of accuracy.
He understood that the distance of the Sun from the Earth could be worked out by comparing observations of a transit.
He realized that the time taken by a planet to go round the Sun depends on its distance from the Sun.
He witnessed a Venus transit but was unable to make any calculations.

List of People

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?

In boxes 22-26 on your answer sheet, write

Halley observed one transit of the planet Venus.
Le Gentil managed to observe a second Venus transit.
The shape of Venus appears distorted when it starts to pass in front of the Sun.
Early astronomers suspected that the atmosphere on Venus was toxic.
The parallax principle allows astronomers to work out how far away distant stars are from the Earth.

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