Practice "Moonshot" Vocabulary

What was ____ the rocket? The Columbia and Eagle were sitting ____ of the rocket.

• fasten

• click

• atop

• beneath

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Find the set that all four words show onomatopoeia.

• click, meow, run, swish

• click, woof, splash, go

• computer, woof, moo, hum

• meow, woof, moo, click

Answer explanation

Run, go, and computer are not sound words.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

There are strange new words and quick, ___ news of altitudes and speeds, leaping across the dark between Mission Control and the astronauts.

• assembly

• lunar

• clipped

• satellite

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Armstrong and Aldrin describe the moon as very beautiful, very great, impressive, or _____.

• magnificent

• flowers

• green cheese

• awkward

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

When Armstrong and Aldrin stepped on the moon, it was dust and stone _____ their feet.

• atop

• beneath

• lunar

• ignite

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The astronauts go into the Columbia and sit in sideways seats, get fastened up, and the _____ or door is sealed.

• fact

• lunar

• hatch

• lope

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

____ are proven information.

• Facts

• Opinions

• Assemblies

• Hatches

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

___ are someone's beliefs or personal judgements that cannot be verified.

• Facts

• Opinions

• Assemblies

• Hatches

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

During the countdown, the rocket ____ and flames push hard against the launching pad.

• reduces

• lopes

• ignites

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When the countdown is finished, the rocket is _____.

• released

• awkward

• hatched

• assembled

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A