Space Junk
The Ice Cream Worker
ROOTS
Dictionary Skills
Stop and Go
100

Which sentence tells what most likely happens next?


A. Scientists will stop worrying about space junk

B. Space junk will start to fall to Earth

C. Scientists will find ways to clean up space

C. Scientists will find ways to clean up space. 
100

In this paragraph the word vary must mean....


A. plenty

B. differ

C. taste

B. 

100

What does the root word "rupt" mean?

break 

100

Which of the following words goes between the guide words at the top of the page?


mind.        monster 


a. middle

b. monstrous

c. miffed

d. minion

d. minion 

100

Which word in the passage is a clue to how the writer feels about this invention?

a. dangerous

b. electric

c. ingenious 

C. ingenious 

200

The main idea of the paragraph is....

A. avoiding space junk

B. kinds of space junk

C. the problem of space junk 

C. the problem of space junk

200

Fact or Opinion


Most people ordered cones. 

Fact 

200

What word means to make warm or hot before?

preheat

200

Which words goes between the following guide words on the page?

cling.      clung. 

a. clotting

b. click

c. cluster

d. clutter 

a. clotting 

200

Fact or Opinion

This inventor should be thanked! 

Opinion

300
In this paragraph, the word damage means...


A. harm

B. steer

C. decorate 

A. harm 

300

Fact or Opinion

He was an excellent worker. 

Opinion

300

She did not mean to forget her homework; it was purely ____________ that she forgot.

accidental 

accidentally 

careful

carefully 


accidental 

300

what does the word stunned in the sentence mean ?

What he saw stunned him. 


a. calmed

b. shocked

c. disturbed

d. cooled

b. shocked 

300
Fact or Opinion


Cars drove through intersections without stopping. 

Fact

400

What are two examples of space junk?

old satellites, rockets, and even tools lost by astronauts. 
400

You can predict that Connor 


A. always ran out of supplies

B. only worked in the summer

C. rarely ran out of flavors

C. rarely ran out of flavors

400

What means to look again?

review 

400
What does the word excavate mean in the following sentence?

Then, they began to excavate the site. 

a. dig up 

b. fill up

c. look up 

d. make up 

a. dig up 

400

The main idea of this paragraph is...

a. traffic problems in 1923

b. collisions of horse-drawn carriages and bicyclists

c. how the electric traffic signal improved traffic

d. the inventions of Garrett Morgan 

C. how the electric traffic signal improved traffic

500
What sentence supports that scientist are seeing more danger with the space junk?

"Usually, scientists can guide a spacecraft away from space junk. But as more and more junk is left in space, the danger grows"

500

What sentence from the text tells what Connor did each morning?

"Each morning Connor checked his supplies." 

500

What means to put in the wrong location?

misplace

500

What does the word convinced mean as used in the following sentence?

Many others were not convinced.

a. sane

b. reminded

c. sure

d. removed

c. sure

500

From this paragraph you can conclude that.....

a. accidents increased after the traffic signal was invented.

b. Garrett Morgan made a lot of money on his invention.

C. horses learned how to read electric traffic signals.

d. accidents decreased after the traffic signal was invented. 

d. accidents decreased after the traffic signal was invented.