The Kecksburg Object

The Kecksburg Object

6th - 8th Grade

20 Qs

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The Kecksburg Object

The Kecksburg Object

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 8th Grade

Medium

Created by

Nancy Becktel

Used 2+ times

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the Main Idea of "The Kecksburg Object"?

Although the military denies it, some eyewitnesses claim that the object that fell in Kecksburg was a UFO.

The controversy surrounding the Kecksburg object has never completely died down.

A large, acorn-shaped object was brought to an air force base shortly after the Kecksburg object fell to earth.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A flaming object crash-landed in....

Pennsylvania.

Virgina.

Canada.

United States.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Shortly after the object fell to Earth, the U.S. Government announced that it was a ...

UFO.

Soviet satellite.

meteor.

light.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Military personnel carried the object away on ..

a flat-bed truck.

an aiplane.

a helicopter.

a bus.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

One firefighter who arrived on the scene claimed that the object was ..

too small to carry people.

large enough for a grown man to stand up inside it.

an ordinary aircraft.

as big has a house.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

On December 9, 1965, a soviet Kosmos-96 satellite fell to Earth ..

at about four o'clock in the afternoon.

12 hours after the Kecksburg object crashed.

12 hours before the Kecksburg object crashed.

about 4 hours after the Kecksburg object crashed.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Is the following statement a Correct or Faulty inference:

The air force didn't want any nonmilitary personnel at the crash site.

Correct Inference

Faulty Inference

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