U2L5 comprehension To Space and Back

What does it sound like when they are in orbit?

• It is very quiet.

• The ride is rough and loud.

• They can barely hear mission control.

• Electrical storms are raging.

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CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

How do you know what it sounds like when they are in orbit?

• The shuttle shakes and strains at the bolt holding it to the launch pad.

• We can barely hear the voices from Mission Control in our headsets above the thunder of the rockets and engines.

• We see enormous chunks of ice floating in the Antarctic Ocean and electrical storms raging over the Atlantic.

• Once we are in orbit, our ride is very peaceful.

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of these is a fact from the selection?

• Sunrises and sunsets are spectacular.

• You see one sunrise and one sunset each orbit.

• The view from the shuttle is magnificent.

• Deserts are glorious against the blackness of space.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which answer is an example of formal language?

• At first we don't mind it.

• A brilliant whitish-orange flash

• Launch plus six minutes

• Sparkling blue oceans

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CCSS.L.3.3A

The final decision about the launch is made by

• Mission COntrol

• the captain of the shuttle

• computers

• white room technicians

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

How high above Earth does the shuttle fly?

• six miles

• two hundred miles

• fifty miles

• eight and one half miles

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

Which of these events happened first?

• Experience a force of 3g's

• Fuel tank drops away

• zoom past clouds

• books and pencils are floating

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What happens right after the launch engines shut off.

• The force of gravity is gone and things start floating.

• The shuttle explodes

• The astronauts and shaking in their seats

• The see brilliant sunrises and sunsets

Why couldn't most of the crew see outside before lift off?

• It is pitch black outside

• The crew members are lying on their backs facing the nose

• Gravity is holding them to their seats and they cannot move

• The space shuttle doesn't have any windows.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What happens in the white room?

• The astronauts shower

• The astronauts get ready in their space suits

• The astronauts eat brakfast

• The astronauts get sick.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5