Which reason is NOT a reason it is difficult to get to nome?
1. The sea is Frozen, so no ships can sail.
2. Th strong winds prevent plains from flying.
3. The trains can't get over the snowdrifts.
4. Dog teams can't get through the storm.
What is dog teams.
100
How did Balto show he was smart?
Balto showed he was smart by getting around the sea ice that was breaking up.
200
What genre is something that really happened?
What is non-fiction.
200
What is a drift?
What is a pile of something.
200
Why does the man in Nome use a telegraph to send ugent messages?
This event happend before long-distance telephone calls were possible.
200
What is mush in this story?
What is A command for the dogs to start pulling the sled.
200
What made the trip longer than Kasson expected?
Getting around the sea ice that was broken up.
300
What genre is something that could happen, but is not true yet.
What is Realistic Fiction.
300
What is temperature.
What is the measure of how hot or cold it is.
300
Why do the people in Nome need help?
They need help because a deadly sickness has broken out in the town, and they have no medicine to treat it and keep it from spreading. The disease is called Diptheria.
300
What did the author compare the movement of the sea ice to?
What is up and down of a roller coaster.
300
What difficulties did Gunnar Kasson and the dogs have after leaving the sea ice?
Snowdrifts covered the trail in places. The wind is blowing harder. Thee ice blown by the wind makes it impossible for Kasson to see. They are tired.
400
What is a genre is a story that tells about real people or real events?
What is narrative non-fiction.
400
A path.
What is a trail.
400
How was the medicine carried from Anchorage to Nome?
By train and dogsled teams.
400
The bumpy ice was teh worst part of the trail over teh sea ice because...
1. the dogs slipped
2. the dogs hurt their paws
3. the sled kept turning over
What is the sled kept turning over.
400
Where were Kasson and his dog team trying to deliever medicine?
Nome, Alaska.
500
What are some examples of non-fiction reading materials?
What is a magazine, a newspaper, a biography, a newsletter etc.
500
What does guided mean?
What is to lead someone or something.
500
Why is it necessary to use several dog teams instead of one?
Six hundred miles is too far for one dog team to run. It is tiring for one dog team to pull a sled through a snow storm.
500
What made the loud cracking sound?
What is the ice breaking.
500
Did Balto and Kasson's dog team make it to nome with the medicine?