Question

Summarize the paragraph below in 2-3 sentences.

“The Northern Lights”
There are times when the night sky glows with bands of color. The bands may begin as cloud shapes and then spread into a great arc across the entire sky. They may fall in folds like a curtain drawn across the heavens. The lights usually grow brighter, then suddenly dim. During this time the sky glows with pale yellow, pink, green, violet, blue, and red. These lights are called the Aurora Borealis. Some people call them the Northern Lights. Scientists have been watching them for hundreds of years. They are not quite sure what causes them. In ancient times people were afraid of the Lights. They imagined that they saw fiery dragons in the sky. Some even concluded that the heavens were on fire.​

Answer 1

Correct Answer:
Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights are a unique phenomenon that occurs at North Pole. The night sky becomes filled with colorful lights playing in shapes of clouds, arcs, or curtains. The colors range from yellow, pink, green, and violet, blue to red. They have been attracting scientists and people for hundreds of years.