Deep Sea Search Comprehension Quiz

According to the text, what is David Jourdan confident his team will find one day?

• sound waves

• Howland Island

• Fred Noonan

• Amelia Earhart's Plane

Read the section titled “Who Was Amelia Earhart?”

What is the purpose of this section?

• to describe the cause of Amelia Earhart's disappearance

• to describe Amelia Earhart’s problems and solutions to them

• to describe Amelia Earhart’s accomplishments

• to describe how Amelia Earhart is remembered today

Read these sentences from the text.

Some people think Earhart's plane ran out of gas and crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Others believe she might have crash-landed on a deserted island and was never rescued.

What can you conclude based on this evidence?

• Many planes have crashed into the Pacific Ocean

• The Pacific Ocean is home to a lot of deserted islands

• No one really knows what happened to Earhart.

• Earhart saved her plane from being destroyed.

Based on the text, what is probably true about searching the ocean for fallen objects?

• It is impossible to find objects that have fallen in the ocean.

• Finding things that have fallen in the ocean is difficult.

• Locating fallen objects in the ocean is usually very easy.

• Many things that fall into the ocean quickly disappear.

What is this text mostly about?

• a pilot and finding clues about her disappearance

• how sonar and other technology work

• David Jourdan and his team of explorers’ accomplishments

• Amelia Earhart’s trip around the world

Read these sentences from the text.

During that historic trip, she and her navigator, or guide, Fred Noonan, vanished forever. They were scheduled to land on Howland Island in the Pacific. After their disappearance, the U.S. government launched a search, but no trace of the plane was found.

As used in this sentences, what does the word “trace” mean?

• copy over with a pencil

• evidence or indication that something had been present

• follow, as in an investigation

• line or route followed

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.

Amelia Earhart tried to fly around the world ______ she became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

• before

• because

• although

• after

Jourdan and his team of explorers have used sonar to search the ocean floor.

According to the text, how does sonar search the ocean floor?

• Sonar sends out light waves

• Sonar sends out sound waves, which bounce off underwater objects

• Sonar sends out heat waves

• Sonar sends signals to the sea creatures

Why might people still be so interested in finding out what happened to Amelia Earhart?

• Because her disappearance is a mystery

• Because people don't know who she is

• Because she is still alive today

• Because her airplane was recently found

To fly around the world, Earhart must have

• been able to fly very fast.

• been very brave.

• had a very large plane.

• wanted to get to other countries around the world.