"Robo-Legs" & "Eureka Twists of Fate"

The function of the new artificial limbs, or prosthetics, described in “Robo-Legs” is to help people 

• perform as efficiently as machines
• publicize the effects of disabilities
• overcome their bodies' limitations
• understand advances in technology

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CCSS.RI.8.2

What does Nick Springer discuss in "Robo-Legs" to express his hope for the future?

• computer programs that control prosthetics
• batteries that are used in prosthetics
• sports equipment for people with disabilities
• prosthetics shown in a Star Wars movie

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.6

The author of "Eureka: Scientific Twists of Fate" most likely call penicillin "the most important medical discovery" of the 20th century because it

• helped save milkmaids from disease
• ended World War II after D-Day
• united scientific communities
• saved so many people from dying of infections

In "Eureka: Scientific Twists of Fate," the description of how Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin serves

• to introduce the main idea
• as an example of the main idea
• as an exception to the rule that discoveries depend on luck and talent
• as a conclusion to the article

What have the scientific advances discussed in both articles done?

• improved human lives
• prevented disease epidemics
• caused people to question progress
• made humans more like machines

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

What does mobility mean?

• an action taken to compete in sports
• a reason to make medical advancements
• the return to health after an illness
• the capability of moving around

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

Rehabilitation is

• a method of examining patients
• the process of returning someone to physical capability
• a technique or studying diseases
• an effort to restore health to an entire community after an epidemic

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does serendipitous mean?

• happening in the past
• discovered in a laboratory
• found by fortunate accident
• showing healthy characteristics

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Something that is pervasive is 

• present throughout 
• unhealthful to many
• deserving of a prize
• extensively researched

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does infectious mean?

• able to recognize a dangerous infection
• capable of being transmitted by infection
• knowledgeable about the source of infections
• considered the highest authority on infections

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4