poetry
In "Science-Fiction Cradlesong" the author describes the stars as being cold and "___" suggesting they aren't as friendly as they look.
What is distant/unreachable
In "The Last Dog," this is the name of the main character who leaves the dome to explore the outside world.
Who is Brock
This famous astrophysicist is interviewed about the future of U.S. space exploration.
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson
This is the type of phrase that starts with words like "in," "on," "at," or "around.
What is a Prepositional Phrase
In "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed," the wind is said to forlornly blow, which means in a way that is.
What is sad or lonely
This poem in the collection focuses on the historical 1969 event involving Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
What is "First Men on the Moon"
In "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed," the Bittering family moves to this planet to escape a war on Earth
What is Mars
This article argues that the biggest challenge for a trip to Mars isn't radiation or fuel, but this "mental" problem.
What is boredom
In the sentence from The Last Dog, "Brock looked toward the horizon," identify the prepositional phrase.
What is "toward the horizon"
This word from the unit means to be "submerged" or completely covered by something, like water or a feeling.
What is immersed
This is the primary Essential Question that the poems in this unit try to answer.
what is Should humanity’s future lie among the stars
This is the name of the dog Brock finds and decides to save
Who is Brog
This author wrote the argumentative essay "Mars Can Wait. Oceans Can’t.
Who is Amitai Etzioni
Every prepositional phrase must end with a noun or pronoun. This part of the phrase is officially called the "Object of the __________."
What is the Object of the Preposition
If something is "stifling," it is doing this to you.
What is smothering or suffocating
In "Science-Fiction Cradlesong" the "steel birds" mentioned are actually a metaphor for these.
What are rockets or spaceships
In Bradbury’s story, the characters' eyes eventually change from their original color to this color
What is Golden
According to the news article by Nola Taylor Redd, these are the two main destinations for future human colonization.
What are Mars and Alien Planets
This is a group of words that has a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence. (Example: "Because the rocket was late")
: What is a dependent clause
In "The Last Dog," the people in the dome are described as being virtually connected, meaning they use this.
What is computers/technology
This is the name of the author who wrote "Science-Fiction Cradlesong"
Who is C.S. Lewis
At the end of "The Last Dog" where does Brock and the Brog end up.
What is outside the dome/in the wild
This woman, a former astronaut and director of the Johnson Space Center, is the subject of the unit's video biography.
Who is Ellen Ochoa
These words, often remembered by the acronym FANBOYS, are used with a comma to join two complete sentences together.
What are coordinating conjunctions
This term refers to the "customary way" of doing things
What is a Convention