Unit 5 Week 4 - Changing Views of Earth

The beginning paragraph gets our attention by discussing ________.

• the oceans

• the weather

• famous scientists

• how old the Earth is

According to this article, early people believed that _______________.

• the Earth was at the center and the sun went around Earth

• the dinosaurs were on Earth before other creatures

• the Moon was at the center of the universe

• the Milky Way galaxy was the only galaxy

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

What happened after the telescope was invented?

• the telescope made it easier to study the weather

• the telescope made it easier to see the stars and planets

• the telescope proved the idea that the Earth is at the center

• the telescope made travel to the moon easier

This article is expository text. What is expository text?

• not true, but based on true events

• text written to inform about a topic

• text written that tells of historical events to help us remember the past

• made up stories to entertain children

Tags

CCSS.W.5.2D

Why does the author use a diagram of the Earth's atmosphere?

• to show inventions that helped get us higher into the atmosphere

• to show a picture of all the layers of the atmosphere

• to help us understand weather better

• to keep us up to date on layers of the atmosphere

If Geology is the study of the Earth... what does the Greek root geo mean?

• study of

• center of

• Earth

• stars

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

What is the order of the inventions that helped us study the weather?

• kites -- airplanes -- hot air balloons

• kites -- hot air balloons --- airplanes

• airplanes-- rockets-- hot air balloons

Why did early people want to travel into the atmosphere?

• to learn about other planets

• to learn about the sun

• to learn about Earth

• to learn about the weather

Why were the kites and balloons not effective in learning about the atmosphere?

• they did not go high enough

• they sometimes got lost in the atmosphere

• they were hard to control

• none of these are correct

• all of these are correct (except the none of these)

Before modern technology, what did humans use to base their knowledge of things on?

• only what they could see and hear

• only what they could taste

• only what was written down

• only what other people told them to be true