Science World March Edition
- 1. Read Space Dust on pg. 5. What are scientists that study the sky and planets?
A) Geologists
B) Astronomers
C) Aliens
D) Graphers
- 2. Read Space Dust on pg. 5. What is the new South American country of Chile calling their telescope?
A) TELE
B) ALL ONE
C) ALMA
- 3. Read Space Dust on pg. 5. What is the first step in the formation of a star?
A) Star-Forming Nebula
B) Black Hole
C) White Dwarf
- 4. Read Space Dust on pg. 5. What happens at the end of a star's 'life?'
A) Massive Star
B) Black Hole
C) Protostar
- 5. Read Glowing Ice Cream on pg. 7. How much does a scoop of this glowing ice cream cost?
A) $230
B) $109
C) $3.50
- 6. Read Glowing Ice Cream on pg. 7. The ice cream gets its glow from the same chemical that this animal that has that makes it glow.
A) shark
B) octopus
C) jellyfish
- 7. Read Glowing Ice Cream on pg. 7. Does this ice cream taste like a jellyfish?
A) No
B) Yes
- 8. Read the Swamped City article. What Italian city is flooding?
A) Fabio
B) Venice
C) Cheboygan
- 9. Read Printed Eyes on pg. 4. Make a list of five major parts of your eye.
- 10. Read Numbers in the News on pg. 7. Which number fact do you think is the most interesting? Why?
- 11. Give three facts about the article Swamped City.
- 12. Read The Immortal Woman starting on pg. 14. Write a short summary (2-3 sentences) about the article.
- 13. Read Why You Can't Have Just One starting on pg. 12. What favorite chip is the article talking about?
A) Lays
B) Doritos
C) Cheetos
- 14. Read Why You Can't Have Just One starting on pg. 12. Why do Doritos make people drool?
A) Doritos look tasty because they are in the shape of a triangle.
B) Doritos contain cheese.
C) Doritos contain lactic and citric acid.
- 15. Read Why You Can't Have Just One starting on pg. 12. In 2011 how much money was spent on Doritos worldwide?
A) $15 Million
B) $5 Billion
C) $500
- 16. Read Why You Can't Have Just One starting on pg. 12. True or false. Doritos designers were smart to make the chips orange/red color because people are attracted to bright colors.
A) False
B) True
- 17. Read Why You Can't Have Just One starting on pg. 12. How much salt do Doritos contain in one bag?
A) 20% of how much you're supposed to have daily
B) 50% of how much you're supposed to have daily
C) 10% of how much you're supposed to have daily
- 18. Read The Immortal Woman's timeline on pg. 16 and 17. In what year did scientists use HeLa cells to study HIV?
A) 2013
B) 1971
C) 1986
- 19. Read The Immortal Woman's timeline on pg. 16 and 17. In what year did HeLa cells travel into space?
A) 1960
B) 1993
C) 1965
- 20. Read The Immortal Woman's timeline on pg. 16 and 17. In what year did Henrietta Lacks get identified by name in a scientific article?
A) 1984
B) 1989
C) 1971
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