Comprehension
Vocab
Analyze text
Analyze Craft and Structure
Fun Stuff about me (playing for plants?).
100

The head of the 100-Year Starship Project

Who is Mae Jemison?

100

Colonize

What is to settle?

100

Support needed for the success of space programs needs to come from...

Who is the general public?

100

The 100-Year Starship program wants to develop tools and technology to build/fly a spaceship to another planetary system in 100 years provides understanding because...

What is it gives the reader background information to understand the article?

100

Ms. Simpson's favorite color?

What is Aqua or Teal?

200

The main purposes of the 100-Year Starship Project

What are to encourage the public to become excited about space travel

AND

To develop new technology

200

A planetary motion

What is the movement of the planets?

200

Evidence to support general population's involvement in space programs. (Quote)

What is "The reason we're not on the moon has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with public will and commitment," Jemison said.

200

Evidence in the article that supports the idea of including many people in the space program...

What are:

1. The program isn't necessarily concerned with building the ship itself as much as it seeks to foster innovation and enthusiasm for interstellar travel.

2. The 100-Year Starship program not only includes engineers and astrophysicists, but also artists and science fiction writers.

3. To get there, Jemison emphasized that everyone must be involved in the process.

200

Names of Ms. Simpson's dogs...

What are Cas and Sammie?

300

The main problem regarding Proxima Centauri, according to Jemison?

What is it would take thousands of years to reach given our technology.

300

Interstellar

What is traveling from star to star?
300

Possible consequences for space exploration is political instability continues.

What is journey's will be threatened by lack of communication?
300
"Traveling to another star takes far more time than just developing the necessary technology..." is a transition.  Ideas that this transition links are...

What are:

1. the time needed to develop the technology

2. the time the flight would take

300

The type of character does Ms. Simpson prefers to play when acting.

Who is the antagonist or villain?

400

Two ideas the 100-Year Starship program is trying to accomplish.

What is technology to make space travel quicker and to shrink the amount of time it takes to travel through space.

400

Humanitarian 

What is the promotion of human welfare?

400

Jemison's reason behind supporting space programs even though there are problem on Earth.

What is research results in technology that improves life?

400

The type of essay Future of Space Travel is...

What is persuasive?

400

Foods Ms. Simpson hates...

What are:

Tomatoes

Cherries

Pickles

Olives

Blue Cheese

500

The name of the craft launched in 1977.

What is the Voyager?

500

Astrophysicist

Who is someone that studies the way space behaves?

500

Evidence from article to support funding space programs.

What is Jemison points out that such exploration often leads to innovation and unexpected technology that make an impact on Earth-based programs.

500

The main idea of the text is located... (which paragraph?)

What is paragraph 5.

500

Type of drink Ms. Simpson gets at Sonic.

What is water with raspberry, peach, and blackberry flavoring?