Vocabulary Part 1
Vocabulary Part 2
Sally Ride
Comprehension Part 1
Comprehension Part 2
100
The condition of being free from the pull of gravity.
What is weightlessness
100
The central point of attraction, attention, or activity.
What is focus.
100
Sally Ride was the 1st American woman to do what?
What is go into outer space.
100
Why do you think the author asks questions about Ochoa's background?
What is the author wants the reader to understand the obstacles Ochoa might have faced in achieving her goals.
100
Who are the authors of the story "Talk with an Astronaut?"
Who are 5th grade students.
200
Things that have been done with knowledge, skill, or ability; achievements.
What is accomplishments
200
Screens connected to a computer, which show information and instructions.
What is monitors
200
Sally Ride was born in what city in California?
What is Los Angeles.
200
Ellen Ochoa says who is a big influence in her life?
Who is her mother.
200
What helps to "show" the story line in more depth throughout the story?
What is the illustrations.
300
The natural force that causes objects to move or tend to move toward the center of the earth.
What is gravity
300
Definite; precise; particular.
What is specific
300
What were Sally's 2 favorite sports growing up?
What are softball and tennis.
300
Why didn't Ochoa consider being an astronaut when she was growing up?
What is there were no female astronauts at that time.
300
Why do you think this article was written as an interview?
What is to provide information and involve the reader.
400
A part played by a person in real life, role model, person whose patterns of behavior influence someone else's actions and beliefs.
What is role
400
Creatures from outer space.
What is extraterrestrials.
400
What nationality was the 1st woman cosmonaut (astronaut)?
What is Russian
400
Why do you think the interviewer asked Ochoa about her NASA training?
What is to give more information about the importance of training and to be patient.
400
What do astronauts spend most of their time doing in space?
What is conduct research.
500
Hard to imagine or believe; incredible
What is inconceivable
500
A question-answer session in which the interviewer asks questions and the subject answers them.
What is an interview.
500
What year was Sally's first space mission?
What is 1983
500
Why do you think Ochoa uses swimming and scuba as comparisons to weightlessness?
What is she uses something that is familiar to most people to help them understand something they have never experienced.
500
What are the 2 ways Ochoa keep in touch with her family from space?
What is through e-mail and video conferencing.
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