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McKinnon School Review of Grade 6 Risk and Exploration
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1
Which sentence contains a metaphor?
Mrs. White's students are restless, so they went outside
Mrs. White's students are super smart
Mrs. White's students are walking encyclopedias
Mrs. White's students are really studious
2
What word means, "capable of doing or being something; having possibility"?
complex
rely
potential
stress
3
Which is
not
a country currently beating the United States in space leadership?
India
All of these countries are beating the United States
Russia
China
4
What word means, "consisting of many parts that make something difficult to understand"?
potential
complex
rely
stress
5
What percentage of the earth's oxygen does the ocean provide?
30%
70%
10%
50%
6
What word means, "convincing or having a sound reason for something"?
stress
rely
complex
valid
7
Which sentence contains a simile?
The child was like an octopus, grabbing at all the presents!
The child stared with excitement at the presents
The child was eager to open the gifts under the tree.
The child couldn't believe what Santa brought for Christmas.
8
In Collection 4, who talked about "medical space research"?
Joan Vernikos
Sidney Brooks
Philippe Cousteau
John F. Kennedy
9
What is the deepest part of the ocean?
Mariana's Trench
Maurizio's Trench
Marion's Trench
Mariah's Trench
10
What word means, "to depend on someone or something for support, help, or supply"?
valid
rely
stress
complex
11
What year was the
last
manned shuttle mission sent out by NASA?
2011
2007
1986
2003
12
In "Remarks at the Dedication...", what is the area that JFK said we needed to work on?
The size of the rocket
The endurance of the booster
The endurance of the rocket
The size of the booster
13
What percentage of the ocean have we explored?
30%
10%
50%
70%
14
What is JFK's claim in "Remarks at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center"?
the 60's was "an era to be characterized by achievement..."
studying medicine in space will make our lives better
our rocket boosters will be the biggest of any country's
the United States needs to be number 1 in everything
15
The ocean covers what percentage of our planet's surface?
50%
70%
80%
60%
16
What happened for the first time in history on January 23rd, 1960?
two men went to the deepest part of space
we landed on the moon
we launched the first rocket into space
two men went to the deepest part of the ocean
17
What does Joan Vernikos say the solution is to risking human lives on manned missions?
better rockets
medical technology
not going on missions at all
robotic technology
18
JFK said, "_________ is going to make our lives healthier and happier here on earth."
science in space
competitions in space
medicine in space
rockets in space
19
Cousteau states that the ocean has what type of role to us as humans?
sustainable
nurturing
life-giving
life-taking
20
What word means, "to put emphasis on something"?
rely
valid
complex
stress
21
Which of these is
NOT
an example that JFK gave in his remarks? (why space research is needed)
may lead to new safeguards against common hazards
may revolutionize technology and techniques of medicine
may lead to new discoveries about weight loss
gives new understanding of man's relation to his environment
22
What is a simile?
a comparison using the word 'like'
a comparison of two things using the word 'like' or 'as'
a comparison between two things
when a writing says that one thing is really something else
23
"Is Space Exploration...": What is a reason given for why humans
should
man space missions?
humans can mine space materials
studying space's effects on our bodies has helped science
humans will settle on other planets in the next century
there are human experiences that robots can't translate
