4RI7 Interpreting Visual Information

RI7 Interpreting Visual Information

Multiple Select

From the text, you could infer that the voyage of the Trieste was a dangerous research project. Which two details from the time line

best support this inference?

• A 8:30 A.M.—340 ft: Piccard releases gasoline

• B 9:15 A.M.—2,400 ft: Men change into dry clothing.

• C 12:00 P.M.—32,400 ft: Explosion heard

• D 1:00 P.M.—35,800 ft: Reaches bottom

• E 1:15 P.M.—Piccard’s last message on wireless

Multiple Choice

Which detail from the diagram of the Trieste is supported by the text?

• A

  A small window in the observation gondola allowed the crew

  to see outside the Trieste.

• B

  The observation gondola of the Trieste was large enough to fit several crew members comfortably.

• C

  The flood lamps were too far away for the crew members of the Trieste to see outside.

• D The propellers allowed the crew of the Trieste to steer the craft underwater.

Multiple Select

What two sentences from the text that support your answer

in #2.

They . . . saw a flat, white fish about a foot long that Piccard

described as a sole. Little red shrimp swam in front of their

window. Both discoveries were groundbreaking. Now humans

knew that animals lived on the deepest part of the ocean floor.

• They . . . saw a flat, white fish about a foot long that Piccard

  described as a sole.

  window.

• Little red shrimp swam in front of their

• Both discoveries were groundbreaking.

• Now humans

  knew that animals lived on the deepest part of the ocean floor.

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 7, what is the meaning of the word groundbreaking?

• A underground

• B underneath the ocean

• C new and important

• D very destructive