Wordly Wise Book 7 Lesson 11E

The meaning of _____ as it is used in the passage is to examine closely.

• detach

• pique

• probe

• fathom

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The bathysphere was only _____ for a few minutes on its first dive.

• submerged

• buoyant

• ruptured

• unscathed

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Iron _____ caused the bathysphere to sink to the bottom of the sea.

• probes

• buoys

• ballasts

• fathoms

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Piccard _____ the iron weights so the bathysphere could rise to the surface.

• clambered

• realized

• submerged

• detached

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The men in the first bathysphere saw a(n) _____ blue light as they dived.

• eerie

• sphere

• ultimate

• ballast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

It was necessary to empty the gasoline from the tanks after Auguste Piccard's dive so the divers could _____ out of their cramped quarters.

• detach

• submerge

• clamber

• rupture

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

12 _____ is equal to a depth of 72 feet.

• fathoms

• piques

• spheres

• ballasts

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The period of time between Auguste Piccard's arrival at the surface and his emergence from the vessel was _____.

• ultimste

• realized

• eerie

• tedious

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

A single defect in the hull of Jacques Piccard's vessel would cause the pressure of the ocean to _____ it.

• submerge

• probe

• rupture

• detach

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The meaning of _____ as it is used in the passage is to make happen.

• fathomed

• realized

• piqued

• unscathed

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C