Out of this World Experience Test

1) What does it sound like when they are in orbit?

• A) It is very quiet.

• B) The ride is rough and loud.

• C) They can barely hear Mission Control.

• D) Electrical storms are raging.

2) Which sentence from the selection best supports your answer to #1?

• A) The shuttle shakes and strains at the bolts holding it to the launch pad.

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

• C) We see around chunks of ice floating in the Atlantic Ocean and electrical storms raging over the Atlantic.

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

3) Which of these is a fact from the selection?

• A) Sunrises and sunsets are spectacular.

• B) You see one sunrise and one sunset each orbit.

• C) The view from the shuttle is magnificent.

• D) Deserts are glorious against the blackness of space.

4) Which answer is an example of formal language?

• A) At first we don't mind it

• B) A brilliant whitish-orange flash

• C) Launch plus six minutes

• D) Sparkling blue oceans

5) The final decision about the launch is made by

• A) Mission Control.

• B) the captain of the shuttle.

• C) computers.

• D) white room technicians.

6) How high above Earth does the shuttle fly?

• A) six miles

• B) two hundred miles

• C) fifty miles

• D) eight and one-half miles

7) Put these events from the story in order.

• Fuel tank drops away

• Experience a force of

  3 G's

• Zoom past the clouds

• Books and pencils are floating