Out of this World Experience Test

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What does it sound like when they are in orbit?

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It is very quiet.

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Which sentence from the selection best supports your answer to #1? Options: A) The shuttle shakes and strains at the bolts holding it to the launch pad. B) We can barely hear the voices from Mission Control in our headsets above the thunder of the rockets and engines. C) We see around chunks of ice floating in the Atlantic Ocean and electrical storms raging over the Atlantic. D) Once we are in orbit, our ride is very peaceful.

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Once we are in orbit, our ride is very peaceful.

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Which of these is a fact from the selection? A) Sunrises and sunsets are spectacular. B) You see one sunrise and one sunset each orbit. C) The view from the shuttle is magnificent. D) Deserts are glorious against the blackness of space.

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You see one sunrise and one sunset each orbit.

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Which answer is an example of formal language? A) At first we don't mind it B) A brilliant whitish-orange flash C) Launch plus six minutes D) Sparkling blue oceans

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Launch plus six minutes

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The final decision about the launch is made by

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computers.

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How high above Earth does the shuttle fly?

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two hundred miles

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a vehicle used for traveling in space

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spacecraft

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the force of one object striking against another

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impact

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feeling

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sense

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a building or place used by a business or other organization

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station