Spacecraft Cemetery Quiz

What is the future of the Spacecraft Cemetery? Support your answer with evidence.

What is in the Spacecraft Cemetery?

• Mir Space Station

• Automated Transfer Vehicles

• Salut Space Stations

• H TV Cargo Craft

• Autonomous Supply Ships

Why does the author use headings in the text?

• To identify the question that will be answered in each section

• To provide the steps in a complex process discussed in each section

• To tell the order of events as they occur in each section

• To describe details about the facts that will be presented in each section

Complete the sentence by selecting the correct answer. "The 'Where Did the Space Junk Come From?' section is organized using ______,"

• sequence

• contrast

• description

• comparison

Complete the sentence by selecting the correct answer. "What Can Be Done?" section is organized using ______.

• comparison.

• order of importance.

• cause and effect.

• sequence

The author wrote this text most likely to —

• entertain the reader with a story about NASA

• persuade the reader to protect the Spacecraft Cemetery

• explain the duties of aerospace engineers

• provide information about the Spacecraft Cemetery

The author includes the introductory paragraph to —

• help the reader visualize a situation that could happen in space

• provide definitions of subjects discussed in the text

• describe the way the text will be structured

• draw in the reader with the main ideas and details of the text

Part A: The reader can infer that the Spacecraft Cemetery —

• is the only place to dispose of space debris

• may cause problems in the future

• will be more difficult to access in the future

• may disappear when countries no longer use it

Part B: Which sentence from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

• This strategy is considered a safer option because by guiding the craft into this uninhabited area, the danger of hitting anyone or anything is minimal. (paragraph 7)

• Although the Spacecraft Cemetery is in an area that fishermen do not frequent, this area of the ocean does sustain life. (paragraph 8)

• The effects may not be known, but any foreign object in the ocean will certainly alter animals and their ecosystems. (paragraph 8)

• At this point in time, aerospace engineers throughout the world will continue to use the Spacecraft Cemetery as a landing space for nonfunctional satellites circling Earth. (paragraph 9)

Based on the information in the chart, the reader can conclude that —

• the European Space Agency will break apart slowly

• Russia finds the Spacecraft Cemetery to be useful

• countries in Europe have invested money in the Spacecraft Cemetery

• Japan requires all spacecraft to carry cargo