Week 1, Day 2 ELA

Multiple Choice

What is a central idea of the text? Part A

• Studying how humans perform in a high-stress, extreme environment is risky and dangerous work.

• Although working underwater may seem frightening, most participants felt comfortable and often forgot where they were.

• NASA is interested in studying underwater plant and animal life in addition to studying how humans perform underwater.

• Wearing safety gear in addition to dive equipment put heavy strains on the test subjects' bodies.

Multiple Choice

Which quotation supports the answer in part A?

• "At night, I also used a remotely operated vehicle as part of my National Geographic Open Explorer project to monitor the seafloor to find sponge spawning events, collect plankton samples, and detect biofluorescent marine organisms that emit light around the habitat."

• By the end of the day, we quickly fell asleep. We did not even notice that we were underwater.

• The heavy helmet put a lot of pressure on our neck and back muscles in addition to the 50-60 pounds of diver gear plus 20 pounds of extra weight to simulate the conditions that would be experienced on the Moon.

• They slowly reduced the pressure inside the habitat, which created the risk of water entering the habitat; and we were breathing pure oxygen for an hour, which increased the chance of getting seizures from central nervous system oxygen toxicity.