7th Grade Quick Check - Week 23

In "Space Exploration Should Be More Science Than Fiction", the author opens the text with questions most likely to ___________.

• introduce the topics that she will cover in the selection

• suggest that her essay will attempt to answer the questions

• note that science fiction fuels our interest in science

• remind readers that there is much we still don’t know

In paragraph 2 of "Space Exploration Should Be More Science Than Fiction", the author brings up the example of the International Space Station to make the point that space exploration ______________.

• has come a long way since the 1960s

• encourages cooperation among scientists

• has led to a permanent human outpost

• requires a great deal of human investment

In "Space Exploration Should Be More Science Than Fiction", the author mostly supports her ideas with _________.

• expert opinions

• interesting anecdotes

• scientific evidence

• references to other texts

Solve for the variable  $t$  .

 $15-4t\ =\ 3$  

•  $t=3$  

•  $t=2$  

•  $t=4$  

•  $t=5$  

What is a "patrician"?

• a member of the common people of ancient Rome

• a wealthy landowner and a member of the richest class

• a person who closely examines basic questions to seek wisdom

• a structure that carries water along across long distance over land

What is "The Roman Way"?

An object's resistance to motion is called ____________.

• inertia

• force

• velocity

• Newton's Third Law

What do unbalanced forces cause?

• inertia

• motion

• gravity

• friction