Vocabulary
The meaning of the Greek root word -atmos
&
The meaning of the Greek root -sphere
What is
- Steam or Vapor?
-a glob-shaped body?, - a ball, a celestial body?
A classification pattern
a) presents objects, ideas, and information in groups based on common characteristics
b) shows the relationship between events and their causes
c) divides ideas about a topic into positive and negative
What is A/presents objects, ideas, and information in groups based on common characteristics?
The reason an author will include a specific idea, topic, supportive evidence in their informational writing is called this...
What is Author's Purpose?
Additional information placed at the bottom of the page
What is a footnote?
The names of specific people, places, and things...
What is a proper noun
Radiation from the sun and other sources in space can pose a danger to humans. The meaning of Radiation in the context of the sentence...
What is
- energy transmitted in the form of waves or particles? = 200
- the action or process of radiating? = 150
A pattern that divides ideas about the topic into the pros and cons/positive and negative points.
What is Advantages/Disadvantages?
You would find one of the following in Earth's atmosphere?
a mixture of rock, fluids, and minerals
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases
a mixture of plants, dirt, water
What is a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases?
The three patterns of organization discussed and used in this passage...
What is:
- classification
- cause and effect &
- advantages and disadvantages
A word in the following example should be capitalized:
“This could be our life raft,” says Darby Dyar, an astronomy professor at Mount Holyoke College and a member of the Mars curiosity rover team.
What is Curiosity?
In order to colonize Antarctica, people would have to cope with the cold temperatures and lack of resources.
what is
- when a group of people establish a new territory to live in? = 300
- settle new territory? = 250
Informational text can...
a) provide factual information
b) included evidence to support ideas
c) contains text features to convey information
d) includes headings
e) all of the above
What is e/All of the above?
Why does the author propose that humans colonize Mars rather than another planet?
What is the planet most similar to Earth and/or the number of resources available?
This includes footnotes and endnotes...
What is a/Reference?
The abbreviation for National Aeronautics and Space Administration
What is NASA
Relates to the internal heat of the earth
What is geothermal?
The following examples represent this text structure:
"Sending stuff to Mars is very expensive. The cheapest way to colonize will be to make everything there."
"Settlers will need to grow food. Mars has dirt, but it doesn’t have soil. Soil contains microbes that help plants grow. Fortunately, humans will take those organisms along with them!"
"The city will need energy for heat and electricity. The best sources will be solar, geothermal, and wind, as there’s no oil or gas on Mars."
What is Problem/Solution?
Mars has plenty of ______________ and _____________ to allow people to produce glass and steel.
silicon and iron
The author most likely included footnotes in this selection to —
To Show
To Expand
To Support
To Demonstrate
What is to support?
The word(s) that should be capitalized as a proper noun:
In January 2006, NASA launched the spacecraft new horizons on a mission to explore Pluto.
What is New Horizons
Based on the the meanings of the two Greek root words: -atmos and -sphere together, the literal meaning of atmosphere is...
What is vaporous/gaseous ball?
Paragraph 12 of the selection is organized in this structure...
Compare/contrast
Cause/effect
Time order
Listing
What is listing?
In paragraph 5, the author provided statistics the about Mars.
This information helps you to understand ______ about what it would be like to live on Mars.
What is that it illustrates how difficult it would be to live on Mars...?
EC - ...because it is so cold and has such a thin atmosphere. +10
The author included the labeled chart on page 271 to represent...
What is the most efficient path from Earth to Mars and how long space travelers will have to wait for the planet's orbits to align. - 2 years
The letter of the sentence that has all proper nouns capitalized correctly:
A “The Mars Curiosity rover was sent by Nasa to the Red Planet on November 26, 2011,” said brown University Researcher Jay Dickson.
B “The Mars Curiosity Rover was sent by Nasa to the red planet on November 26, 2011,” said brown University Researcher Jay Dickson.
C “The Mars Curiosity Rover was sent by NASA to the red planet on November 26, 2011,” said Brown university researcher Jay Dickson.
D “The Mars Curiosity rover was sent by NASA to the Red Planet on November 26, 2011,” said Brown University researcher Jay Dickson.
What is D?