Collection 4: Risk and Exploration

Question 1

What year was the last manned shuttle mission sent out by NASA?

Accepted Answer

2011

Question 2

What is the deepest part of the ocean?

Accepted Answer

Mariana's Trench

Question 3

Which sentence contains a simile?

Accepted Answer

The child was like an octopus, grabbing at all the presents!

Question 4

What is a simile?

Accepted Answer

a comparison of two things using the word 'like' or 'as'

Question 5

What does Joan Vernikos say the solution is to risking human lives on manned missions?

Accepted Answer

robotic technology

Question 6

What word means, "to depend on someone or something for support, help, or supply"?

Accepted Answer

rely

Question 7

Cousteau states that the ocean has what type of role to us as humans?

Accepted Answer

life-giving

Question 8

What word means, "consisting of many parts that make something difficult to understand"?

Accepted Answer

complex

Question 9

What percentage of the ocean have we explored?

Accepted Answer

10%

Question 10

In "Remarks at the Dedication...", what is the area that JFK said we needed to work on?

Accepted Answer

The size of the booster

Question 11

Which is not a country currently beating the United States in space leadership?

Accepted Answer

All of these countries are beating the United States

Question 12

What percentage of the earth's oxygen does the ocean provide?

Accepted Answer

70%

Question 13

Which of these is NOT an example that JFK gave in his remarks? (why space research is needed)

Accepted Answer

may lead to new discoveries about weight loss

Question 14

Which sentence contains a metaphor?

Accepted Answer

Mrs. White's students are walking encyclopedias

Question 15

In Collection 4, who talked about "medical space research"?

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 16

What word means, "to put emphasis on something"?

Accepted Answer

stress

Question 17

What word means, "capable of doing or being something; having possibility"?

Accepted Answer

potential

Question 18

What happened for the first time in history on January 23rd, 1960?

Accepted Answer

two men went to the deepest part of the ocean

Question 19

The ocean covers what percentage of our planet's surface?

Accepted Answer

70%

Question 20

What is JFK's claim in "Remarks at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center"?

Accepted Answer

studying medicine in space will make our lives better

Question 21

What word means, "convincing or having a sound reason for something"?

Accepted Answer

valid

Question 22

JFK said, "_________ is going to make our lives healthier and happier here on earth."

Accepted Answer

medicine in space

Question 23

"Is Space Exploration...": What is a reason given for why humans should man space missions?

Accepted Answer

there are human experiences that robots can't translate, studying space's effects on our bodies has helped science

Collection 4: Risk and Exploration

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Collection 4: Risk and Exploration

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