Wordly Wise Book 7 Lesson 11 Review

Perhaps one day you will be an adventurer on Mars. Your desire to explore space might have been __________________ by Piccard's adventures. 

• ruptured
• submerged
• piqued
• realized

Some people must have thought PIccard was crazy. They could not __________________ why anyone would want to visit the deepest part of the ocean. 

• probe
• detach
• pique
• fathom

The bathyscaphe had a single purpose. It provided for the first time the opportunity to _________________ the ocean depths. 

• probe
• rupture
• realize
• detach

The steel need to make the hull had to be flawless. If the hull were to ________________, there would be no way to save the occupants. 

• probe
• rupture
• fathom
• realize

There was a reason the bathyscaphe had the shape of a _________________. This shape contains the greatest volume for the least amount of surface area. 

• buoyancy
• ballast
• sphere
• tedium

The bathyscaphe had no telephone aboard. While it was _______________, Piccard was unable to communicate with his crew.  

• submerged
• unscathed
• clambering
• spherical 

The gasoline-filled tanks would cause the bathyscaphe to rise. The iron ________________ would cause it to sink. 

• pique
• probe
• tedium
• ballast

Piccard could switch off one of the magnets when he wanted to rise. The ___________________ iron weights were left on the ocean floor. 

• detached
• unscathed
• tedious
• buoyant

Piccard's first test of the bathyscaphe was a complete success. He was in a ______________ mood when he returned to the surface. 

• buoyant
• tedious
• eerie
• ultimate

Piccard couldn't leave the bathyscaphe right away. He had to wait several ______________ hours before it was safe to do so. 

• eerie
• unscathed
• spherical
• tedious