Space Exploration Quiz

According to physicist Lord Kelvin as cited in “To Fly,” a chapter from Space Chronicles, human flight is impossible because things heavier than air cannot fly.

• True

• False

In a painting of the sun setting behind the mountains, the landscape artist placed a human head in the foreground. Which of these words and phrases is the most likely meaning of the word foreground? Use the context clues in the sentence and your knowledge of the prefix fore- to help you answer.

• front part

• right side

• corner

Read the following passage from “To Fly.” For millennia, the idea of being able to fly occupied human dreams and fantasies. Waddling around on Earth’s surface as majestic birds flew overhead, perhaps we developed a form of wing envy. One might even call it wing worship. The author is saying that humans want the powers that they observe in other creatures.

• True

• False

The author-Tyson, states that there are two ideas people thought were impossible, and they are:

• a. objects could not move faster than the speed of sound.

• b. to have self-propelled flight and any device that was heavier than air

• c. that drones would not exist.

• d. fighter jets could not be made.

In paragraph 4, what 2 things does the author compare?

• a. Birds and Superman.

• b. Birds and ducks.

• c. Birds and humans.

• d. Humans and ducks.

1.       What is the correct way to use foresight in a sentence?

• a.     I speak not from foresight, but from a platform built upon the laws of physics.

• a.     Television will soon foresight you to see the world's greatest spectacles as you sit in the comfort of your home.

• c.      He had had the foresight to bring in the washing before the rain started

1.       What is the correct way to use foresight in a sentence?

• a.     I speak not from foresight, but from a platform built upon the laws of physics.

• a.     Television will soon foresight you to see the world's greatest spectacles as you sit in the comfort of your home.

• c.      He had had the foresight to bring in the washing before the rain started

1.     Which of the following situations best illustrates the meaning of naivete?

• a.     Isaac always passes the ball to the more talented players on the team.

• b.     Jocelyn does not understand why they are laughing at the crude joke.

• c.      Hiroshi is conducting his own orchestral composition at the concert in June.

• d.     Lela is interested in taking a cooking class if one is available after school.

1.     The United States even adopted a flying predator as a symbol of its strength: the bald eagle, which appears on the back of the dollar bill, the quarter, the Kennedy half dollar, the Eisenhower dollar, and the Susan B. Anthony dollar.

What is the most likely reason for the lunar module’s name, Eagle?

 

• a.     Eagles can fly farther than all other birds.

• b.     The people who named the module were making a joke.

• c.      As America’s national bird, the name “Eagle” best represents our power in being the first nation to the moon.

  In which sentence are proper nouns correctly capitalized?

 

• a.     How do scientists observe the rings of saturn from earth?

• b.     The Arecibo Observatory is on the island of Puerto Rico.

• c.      The telescope was designed by scientists from Cornell university.

• d.     A laboratory run by the U.S. air force assisted in the design of Arecibo.