SpaceShipOne HMH

According to the passage, what was one of the toughest parts of Stinemetze’s job?

• flying in a cramped cockpit

• appearing on several talk shows

• being unable to tell his family about it

• pulling a lever that released a spacecraft

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence best describes the relationship between SpaceShipOne and White Knight in the passage?

• SpaceShipOne helped guide White Knight safely back to Earth.

• SpaceShipOne was carried high in the sky under White Knight’s underbelly.

• SpaceShipOne and White Knight are placed next to each other at the Smithsonian.

• SpaceShipOne beat White Knight’s record of highest altitude reached by a single-wing craft.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does boundary mean as it is used here?

• outer edge

• inner ring

• middle ridge

• position

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What evidence does the author provide to best support the idea that SpaceShipOne was a success?

• Stinemetze’s team won the Ansari X Prize.

• Thousands of people came to watch the test flight.

• The spacecraft was retired into the halls of history.

• Stinemetze gave a presentation to his mom’s fifth-grade classroom.

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which sentence best summarizes the passage?

• Stinemetze always dreamed of going to space.

• Stinemetze became a project engineer at Scaled Composites.

• Stinemetze earned his bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering.

• Stinemetze created a spacecraft that helped develop the private spaceflight industry.

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Something that _______________ caught fire or exploded.

• ignited

• hybrid

• synthetic

• exhaust

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Something can be described as ______________ if it is made up of one or more different things.

• institution

• physics

• ruthless

• hybrid

A ____________________ item is artificial rather than natural.

• hybrid

• precious

• institution

• synthetic

____________ is the gas that comes out of an engine as a waste product.

• outskirts

• synthetic

• exhaust

• hybrid

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

______________ is the scientific study of matter and energy.

• institution

• physics

• synthetic

• hybrid