Space & Gravity
[Unit 01]
What was the name of the Russian dog who was the first real space traveler in 1957?
Laika.
[Unit 03]
In a food chain, what do you call consumers that eat both plants and animals?
Omnivores
[Unit 06]
What is the specific name of the deep sleep period when your brain is extremely active and most of your dreams happen?
REM (rapid eye movement) sleep
Unit 08]
In 1985, Nike teamed up with this famous NBA player to release a line of shoes that became an instant hit. Who is he?
Michael Jordan
[Unit 09]
According to Greek myths, the 12 main gods and goddesses lived on the highest mountain in Greece. What is its name?
Mount Olympus
[Unit 02]
True or False: Ham the chimpanzee, who flew in 1961, was merely a passenger and did not operate the spacecraft.
False. (He learned to pull levers to avoid electric shocks and was the first animal to operate a spacecraft
[Unit 02]
True or False: In European cultures, having crickets in the kitchen is considered extremely unlucky.
False. (Having crickets in the kitchen is considered lucky in Europe
[Unit 05] True or False: When a disease spreads rapidly around the entire world, scientists call it a pandemic.
True.
[Unit 07]
Find and correct the grammatical error: "Most players believe it’s unlucky stepping on the foul lines when they enter the field."
Change stepping to to step
[Unit 09]
True or False:
Medusa was a mythical creature with a woman's head and snakes for hair, and looking at her would turn a person into stone.
True
[Unit 11]
Find and correct the grammatical error in this sentence about Isaac Newton: "He wondered why did things fall down instead of up."
Change did things fall to things fall
[Unit 04]
What single term describes traits like a giraffe's long neck or differently shaped bird beaks that help them survive?
Adaptation
[Unit 05]
Find and correct the grammatical error: "Many diseases are caused by tiny germs calling bacteria or viruses."
Change calling to called
[Unit 08]
Which sentence about the history of sneakers is FALSE?
A) They were first made in the 1870s as simple, practical shoes.
B) Shoemakers made flashy sneakers with bright colors in the 1970s.
C) Collecting sneakers became a completely forgotten hobby after the 1980s.
C. (Collecting sneakers became a trendy hobby, not a forgotten one.)
[Unit 09] Find and correct the grammatical error:
"Zeus punished Atlas by making him to hold up the sky on his shoulders."
Change to hold to hold
[Unit 11]
Which sentence about gravity is FALSE?
A) Anything that has mass has gravity.
B) Isaac Newton was the creator who invented the force of gravity.
C) Objects with more mass have more gravity.
B. (Newton did not invent gravity; he was the first to figure out how it works
[Unit 03]
Find and correct the grammatical error:
"Consumers are organisms what eat producers or other consumers."
Change what to that (or which)
[Unit 06]
According to the text, what is a "lucid dream"?
It is a rare type of dream where you are aware that you are dreaming and can actually control what happens
[Unit 07]
Major League Baseball player Wade Boggs was very superstitious. What was his specific ritual during the season?
He always ate the same food: chicken.
[Unit 10]
Pygmalion, a great sculptor in Cyprus, carved a beautiful statue of a woman out of what hard, white material?
Ivory.
[Unit 12]
Based on the text, write a sentence explaining exactly why a person who weighs 100 kg on Earth would only weigh about 17 kg on the moon.
Because the moon has less mass than Earth, its gravity is only 1/6 of Earth's gravity, making objects weigh less.
[Unit 02]
According to the text, what are two specific reasons why mini pigs, like potbellied pigs, make good pets?
They are smart, loyal to their owners, and easily trained to do tricks like playing the piano.
[Unit 05]
Explain how vaccines prepare the body for diseases. Your answer must mention what the vaccine contains and how the immune system reacts.
Vaccines contain weak or dead versions of germs, which teach the immune system how to fight them so it can defeat the real germs later
[Unit 08]
Describe how the purpose and public perception of sneakers changed from the 1870s to the 1980s.
In the 1870s, they were just practical shoes, but by the 1980s, thanks to flashy designs and celebrities, they became stylish items and works of art to collect.
[Unit 10]
Describe what Pygmalion specifically prayed for at the temple of Aphrodite, and explain what happened to his statue when he returned home.
He prayed for a wife like his statue, and when he returned home, Aphrodite had granted his wish by turning the ivory statue into a real woman