Test Questions
Vocabulary
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Fun Facts
Text and Graphic Features
100
Huntsville, Alabama
Where is the Space Academy located? (City and State)
100
fragile
What does the word delicate mean?
100
To work properly or right.
What does function mean?
100
where Space Academy students sleep.
What is the Habitat?
100
headings, titles, bolded text, italics, colorful text.
What are text features?
200
working with weightlessness
What does the pool simulate for students?
200
to imitate
What does the word simulate mean?
200
To be attached by rope.
What does tethered mean?
200
Blasting off into Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 miles per hour, making scientific discoveries, and traveling into the unfamiliar.
What are the benefits or perks of being an astronaut?
200
Helps the reader understand what is in a picture or illustration?
What are captions?
300
Walking on the moon with zero gravity
What does the 1/6 Gravity chair help students to experience?
300
keen, clever
What does the word acute mean?
300
a type of something.
What does version mean?
300
The first men walked on the moon; their footprints are still there.
What historical event happened in 1972? What can still be found on the moon's surface?
300
A drawing an author includes to help the reader see what something looks like.
What is an illustration?
400
The Space Shot
What ride simulates the feeling of blasting off?
400
fix, or change
What does adjusted mean?
400
to spin on an imaginary line.
What does axis mean?
400
The bunny hop and a slow jog.
What are two ways that astronauts can walk on the moon successfully without floating into space?
400
A section of the text that includes words and their definitions and is similar to a dictionary.
What is a glossary?
500
Builds excitement and suspense for the reader.
What mood does the heading "Countdown for Adventure" set for the reader?
500
a controller
What is the job of an operator?
500
to NOT work properly, imperfect.
What does flawed mean?
500
By eating healthy and staying physically fit.
How can astronauts maintain a healthy lifestyle?
500
Found at the beginning of a text and lists important sections or chapters with the page number each section starts on.
What is the table of contents?
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