Hidden Figures Science Assessment

What did Dorothy V. do before working at NACA?

• Teach

• Work in a laundry

• work on a farm

• not work at all

Whether data came from the wind tunnels, test flights, or theoretical models, it eventually reached the women ________.

• teachers

• farmers

• engineers

• computers

Specialization became the key to managing the increasingly complex nature of ________ research in the postwar era.

• physics

• aeronautical

• agriculture

• astronomy

NACA stands for what federal agency?

• the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
• the National Administration Call for Aeronautics
• the National Aeronautics Committee for Aeronautics
• the the National Association for Aeronautics

What is the study of physics?

• the study of animals
• the study of matter, energy, and motion
• the study of space
• the study of humans

The study of physics means _____ and ______ are needed at Langley Laboratory.

• children and adults
• police and firemen
• pilots and instructors
• math and mathematicians

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was a government agency dedicated to studying ______.

• science of animals
• science of humans
• science of flying
• science of gardening

What did the Double V stand for?

• Victory and home and Victory at work
• Victory in Europe and Victory in Japan
• Victory in war and Victory in the civil rights struggle
• Victory on land and Victory in the air

In 1941, FDR challenged the nation to increase the production of airplanes from 3,000 to _______ airplanes?

• 5,000
• 15,000
• 25,000
• 50,000

Mathematician, Miriam Mann felt empowered when she _______________.

• slipped a humiliating sign in her purse
• refused to move to the back of the bus
• ignored a sign
• worked on the airplane production line