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Suddenly, over the far edge of the world, a huge orange moon climbs into the sky. It looks so big you feel like you could reach out and touch it, and it glows like a giant pumpkin resting on the treetops. This is the moon that autumn is famous for, and people have watched it for thousands of years.  \nThat pumpkin-colored glow has a surprising secret: the moon is not really orange at all. When the moon sits low near the horizon, its light has to pass through a thick blanket of air, dust, and water droplets, which scatters the blue light and lets the orange and red colors reach your eyes. It also looks enormous down low, but that is a trick your brain plays called the moon illusion. If you hold up your pinkie finger, you will see it covers the moon whether the moon is low or high, which proves it never really changes size.  \nThe moon does change in another way, though, growing and shrinking as the weeks go by. Over about 29 days, it moves through its phases, from a thin curved sliver to a bright, round full moon and back again. A full moon happens when the sun lights up the whole side of the moon that faces Earth. The full moon closest to the first day of autumn earned a special name long ago: the Harvest Moon.  \nFarmers gave that autumn moon its name because it did something helpful during their busiest season. Around the time of the Harvest Moon, the moon rises soon after sunset for several nights ina row, so the sky stays bright a little longer. Long before electric lights, farmers used that extra glow to keep gathering crops like corn and pumpkins after dark. The next full moon after the Harvest Moon got a name too, one that fits this spooky time of year.  \nThat next moon is called the Hunter's Moon, and people say hunters once used its early light to track animals across the bare, harvested fields. These autumn moons usually appear in September, October, or November, depending on the year. Every so often the Harvest Moon lands in early October instead, which pushes the Hunter's Moon into November. So the next time an orange moon rises like a lantern over the fields, remember it once served as a giant nightlight for farmers with work still to do.  \nThe Hunter's Moon  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the main idea of this passage?\u003Cbr>A. The moon changes color every single night because of the seasons.\u003Cbr>B. Farmers invented the moon's phases to help them plant crops.\u003Cbr>C. Hunters were the first people to give every full moon a name.\u003Cbr>D. The autumn full moon looks striking and once helped farmers and hunters work at night. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) In which months do these autumn moons usually appear?\u003Cbr>A. September, October, or November, depending on the year\u003Cbr>B. January or February, depending on the crops\u003Cbr>C. July or August, depending on the weather\u003Cbr>D. May or June every single year |  |  |  |  | 5.  \u003Cbr>6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) What does the word \"illusion\" mean as it is used in the passage?\u003Cbr>A. Something that looks a certain way but is not really so\u003Cbr>B. A special kind of bright orange color\u003Cbr>C. A cloud that covers part of the moon\u003Cbr>D. A real change in the moon's actual size |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.  \u003Cbr>10.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) What did people say hunters once used the Hunter's Moon light to do?\u003Cbr>A. To measure how many crops were left in the fields\u003Cbr>B. To track animals across the bare, harvested fields\u003Cbr>C. To signal other farmers that the harvest was finished\u003Cbr>D. To find their way home through thick autumn forests |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) How did the Harvest Moon help farmers before electric lights?\u003Cbr>A. It signaled the exact day farmers should begin planting seeds.\u003Cbr>B. It warmed the fields so crops would ke","cbCaiklmsNhUKepW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiklmsNhUKepW","pdf",94014,"English","# Main idea\n## Seasonal moon color and illusion\n## Moon phases and key definitions\n## Harvest Moon and Hunter's Moon history\n## Reading comprehension questions","[{\"question\":\"What is the main idea of the passage about the autumn moon?\",\"answer\":\"The passage explains why the moon looks orange and how autumn full moons like the Harvest Moon and Hunter's Moon are connected to real patterns and human uses.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the moon look orange when it is low near the horizon?\",\"answer\":\"Light passes through thick air, dust, and water droplets that scatter blue light, allowing orange and red colors to reach your eyes.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the passage say the Harvest Moon helped farmers before electric lights?\",\"answer\":\"It rose soon after sunset for several nights around the first autumn period, giving extra light to gather crops after dark.\"}]","The Hunter's Moon - Name and Reading Comprehension Questions | PDF",1790807732,18]