Moon escape room

Which sentence should be included in a summary of passage 1?

• Aldrin and Armstrong walked on the moon.

• Six hundred million people around the world watched the lunar landing.

• The lunar module was tiny and delicate so Aldrin and Armstrong had to be careful.

• Aldrin thought that the moon was beautiful.

Select all the sentences in passage 1 that support the author's claim that walking on the moon was an important event in history.

• "Six hundred million people around the world tuned in to watch."

• "Moving carefully, it took us four and a half hours to prepare everything."

• "That's one small step for man... one giant leap for mankind."

• Armstrong leaned toward me. "Isn't it fun?" he said.

What is the author's purpose in passage 1?

• To entertain the reader by telling a fictional story about landing on the moon.

• To inform the reader about his experience of landing on the moon.

• To explain the steps of how the spaceship brought the astronauts to the moon.

• To describe what the lunar module looked like inside.

What does the word "steeply" mean as it is used in the sentence, "I peered out at a horizon that dropped steeply away in all directions." (Passage 1)

• suddenly or by a large amount

• to take a step

• gradually or slowly

• sleepily or in a sleepy way

According to passage 2, how is the sky different on the moon than it is on earth?

• On the moon, the sky is more beautiful than it is on earth.

• On the moon, the sun appears brighter during the daytime.

• On the moon, you can see all the stars during the daytime.

• On the moon, the sky is black during the daytime.

Which statement from passage 2 supports your answer to the last question about how daytime looks on the moon?

• "Then Armstrong and Aldrin climb down from the Eagle in heavy gloves, in large round helmets, in suits not made for Earth."

• "The view from here is straight into space, and the sky is a bottomless black... without even stars to see."

• "High above there is the Earth, rushing oceans, racing clouds, swaying fields and forests."

• "Here below, all around them, cold and quiet, no air, but life-there is life on the strange and silent, magnificent moon."

Which sentence should be included in a summary of passage 2?

• The landing of Apollo 11 on the moon was an awe-inspiring event.

• Armstrong and Aldrin step, hope and leap on the moon.

• The Eagle landed with a spray of dust like a flower on the moon.

• The stars are outshone on the moon and can't be seen.

Read the sentence from passage 2, "They step. they hop. As light as boys, they lope, they leap!" What does the word "lope" mean as used in the sentence?

• to step slowly and carefully

• to create a loop

• when a horse canters

• run easily and lightly

In the phrase "black and starless sky" in passage 2, how does the suffix "less" change the meaning of the word "star"

• It changes the meaning to before stars.

• It changes the meaning to not stars.

• It changes the meaning to full of stars.

• It changes the meaning to without stars.

Drag each statement to show whether it was found in passage 1, passage 2 or both.

Groups:

(a) Passage 1

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(b) Passage 2

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(c) Both passages

• On the moon, the sky appears black because there is no air.

• Buzz Aldrin describes his experience landing on the moon.

• Describes the first time people walked on the moon.

• The astronauts had to be careful because the lunar module was tiny and delicate.