Galileo's Gift
Dominico was excited to throw tomatoes at Galileo's tower. True/False
False
Melted glass for glassblowing is (red-hot/cool-blue).
Red-hot
What does the word immense mean in the following sentence? "He fearlessly dove into the river and, using his immense strength, pried open the car door and pulled out a man and a woman."
It means huge or enormous or a really, really large amount.
Lidar technology uses a/an (truck/airplane/boat) to send and receive the information used to create a lidar scan.
Lidar technology uses an airplane to send and receive the information used to create a lidar scan.
How did Jacques Cousteau become interested in marine biology?
He was in an accident that injured his arms and he strengthened them by swimming in the ocean. During these swimming sessions, he discovered that there was an interesting world beneath the ocean's surface.
What are miscreants?
Glassblowers use scissors and tweezers to shape the hot, soft glass into an object. True/False
True
Officer Jane (wasn't very excited/was really excited) that Officer Rob was first assigned to her.
Officer Jane wasn't very excited that Officer Rob was first assigned to her.
What is a goal of archaeologists?
Two goals of archaeologists are to uncover and learn about past civilizations. Another way to say this is that they want to study the past.
Which sentence is correct?
1. Jacques Cousteau worked with many other people while exploring, inventing, taking photographs, and making films.
2. Jacques Cousteau worked alone most of the time while exploring, inventing, taking photographs, and making films.
1. Jacques Cousteau worked with many other people while exploring, inventing, taking photographs, and making films.
A telescope is used to magnify what?
A telescope is used to magnify things that are far away, such as the moon and planets.
How do glassblowers keep the liquid glass from dripping off the blowpipe?
They constantly spin the blowpipe.
What are three traits or qualities that Officer Jane uses to describes Officer Rob?
reliable, capable, unemotional, one-dimensional, expressionless, courageous, decisive, strong
Why is lidar technology helpful?
Lidar technology can help scientists see through forests or trees from the air and locate hidden features like old building foundations, roads, homesteads, and walls.
Jacques Cousteau's greatest legacy was __________
___________________________________________.
Jacques Cousteau was known for giving people the chance to observe and explore the world beneath the sea.
When Dominico got caught by Vincenzo,
a. Dominico blamed his friends for his misbehavior.
b. Dominico took responsibility for his misbehavior.
c. Dominico told Vincenzo that Dominico's father would pay reparations to Galileo.
b. Dominico took responsibility for his misbehavior.
In order to make a glass object (for example, a vase), glass beads must be _________, and _________ must be blown into the heated glob of glass.
heated, air
This story describes a day when Officers Jane and Rob rescued two people from their submerged car. What message does the author want the reader to notice from the description of how Officers Jane and Rob saved the couple?
The author wants the reader to notice that Officer Jane and Officer Rob worked together (collaborated) to save the two people. Officers Jane and Rob did different tasks, but each of them was a necessary part in the rescue.
How does lidar work?
The Aqua-Lung was designed so that divers could go deeper beneath the ocean's surface and stay underwater longer. True/False
True.
Galileo was imprisoned because he had beliefs that were not the same as those of the church. Which sentence states the church's teachings, and which describes Galileo's beliefs?
a. Earth was the center of the universe.
b. The sun was the center of the universe.
a. The church taught that Earth was the center of the universe.
b. Galileo believed that the sun was the center of the universe.
The finished glass object is cooled down (slowly/quickly) in a special (oven/furnace), so that it does not break.
very slowly, special oven
Why does Officer Rob look so expressionless?
He is a robot and has a molded metal face.
This article is about _________________________
_________________________________________.
This article is about lidar technology and how it is used to make in archaeology. It gives details about lidar scans and discoveries in New England.
What were three ways that Jacques Cousteau showed people or helped people learn about or explore marine life?
He took photographs, made films, helped design the Aqua-Lung, turned the ship Calypso into a floating laboratory, and created an underwater habitat for humans.