Key Vocabulary
(From Paragraph A) A thing someone really wants to happen.
What is a dream?
It was his "lifelong dream" to find the Titanic.
Who is Robert Ballard?
The number of main parts the ship broke into when it sank.
What is two?
The year the Titanic sank.
What is 1912?
Ballard thinks items taken from the wreck should be moved to this.
What is a safer place?
(From Paragraph C) To save something from danger.
What is to rescue?
The machine Ballard used to study the wreck in 1985.
What is a robot (or submersible)?
An example of an item Ballard found that "told the sad story."
What are shoes (or dishes/clothes)?
The year Robert Ballard found the shipwreck.
What is 1985?
Ballard thinks taking items is wrong. He wants to do this instead.
What is 'put lights and cameras around it'?
(From Paragraph D) The state of something (e.g., new, old, broken).
What is condition?
What Ballard did on his second visit in 1986 (Hint: he did not take items).
What is taking photos?
The distance the ship was found from the coast of Newfoundland.
What is 400 miles?
The number of years after it sank that the ship was found.
What is 73 (years)?
The reason Ballard wants people to see the ship (with cameras).
What is "so they can remember what happened"?
(From Paragraph E) The act of keeping something safe from harm.
What is protection?
What Ballard thought about the wreck when he returned in 2004.
What is "it was in very bad condition"?
The depth of the ship under the sea.
What is four kilometers?
The number of people who died when the ship sank.
What is 1,514 (people)?
According to Paragraph E, Ballard says the ship needs this.
What is protection?
(From Paragraph D) To go to a place again.
What is to return?
Ballard believes that taking items from the wreck is this.
What is wrong?
According to Ballard, the ship is a ... "of the tragedy that happened in 1912."
What is a reminder?
The number of items other explorers had taken from the wreck by 2004.
What is about 6,000 (items)?
The meaning of Ballard's quote: "The Titanic will always be part of my life."
What is "it is very important to him"?