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Space
Book Study
Name:______________________________
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Before Reading:
Complete the 'What I already know' and 'What I want to know' sections of the KWL
chart. When you finish reading Space, complete the 'What I learned' section.
What I already know about
Space
What I want to know about
Space
What I learned about
Space
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Chapter 1: Astronomy
Supporting Details: Cite 2 details from the text that support the following statement:
“People have always been interested in space.”
1. _______________________________________________________________________________
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2. _______________________________________________________________________________
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Vocabulary: Define the following vocabulary word:
astronomy - _________________________________________________________________________
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
Reading for Details: Who wrote the first book about astronomy?
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Draw Conclusions: For many years everyone accepted Ptolemy’s ideas as facts even
though the ‘facts’ were incorrect. Why do you think people believed him?
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Copernicus
Reread to Clarify: Why were people furious when they read Copernicus’s book?
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Galileo
Read for Details: Answer the true and false questions. If the answer is false, fix the
statement to make it correct.
1) Galileo believed Copernicus.
True False
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2) Galileo invented the telescope.
True False
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3) Galileo was once arrested for teaching his ideas to others.
True False
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Sir Isaac Newton
Reading for Details: What was Sir Isaac Newton’s most important discovery?
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Vocabulary: Define the following vocabulary words:
gravity - ____________________________________________________________________________
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theories - ___________________________________________________________________________
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The Big Mistake
Reading for Details: What mistake did Copernicus, Galileo and Newton all make?
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Word Meaning—Prefix: “And they’ve learned that Earth is a tiny speck in a universe so
big it’s almost impossible to imagine.”
Underline the base word and circle the prefix in impossible.
impossible
What does the circled prefix mean? ____________________________________________________
In which word does the prefix ‘im-’ mean the same as it does in ‘impossible’?
a. imagine
b. immaculate
c. immature
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Jack and Annie Present: Telescopes-Then and Now
Reread to Clarify: Answer the multiple choice questions.
1. Who invented the telescope in 1608?
a. Ptolemy
b. Nicolaus Copernicus
c. Hans Lippershey
2. If a telescope has mirrors it can…
a. Take pictures of what you see.
b. See much farther into space.
c. Break very easily.
3. What in one of the purposes of the Hubble Space Telescope?
a. It sends picture of planets and starts to computers on Earth.
b. To gain signals for our cell phones.
c. The astronauts use it to look at Earth when they are in space.
4. What is the name of the biggest telescope in the world?
a. Grande Telescope
b. Extreme Telescope
c. Very Large Telescope
5. Where is the biggest telescope in the world being built?
a. United States
b. Chile
c. Russia
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Chapter 2: The Universe
Analyze: Analyze and explain how the universe is everything and it is also mostly full of
nothing.
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The Birth of the Universe
Summarize: Summarize the section about the ‘birth of the universe.' Make sure to include
the main idea and supporting details.
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Millions, Billions, and Trillions
Synonyms and Antonyms: Write a synonym and an antonym for the underlined word.
“The universe is huge.”
Synonym of huge: _________________________ Antonym of huge: _________________________
Math Connection: Write the following numbers in standard form.
One million: _____, _____ _____ _____, _____ _____ _____
One billion: _____, _____ _____ _____, _____ _____ _____, _____ _____ _____
One trillion: _____, _____ _____ _____, _____ _____ _____, _____ _____ _____, _____ _____ ____
Stars and Galaxies
Reread to Clarify: Answer the Chapter 2 multiple choice questions about stars and
galaxies.
1. About how many starts can we see on the clearest night without a telescope?
a. 200
b. 2,000
c. 20,000
2. How many stars to Astronomers think there are in the universe?
a. 10 thousand
b. 10 billion
c. 10 billion trillion
3. The stars we see are from which galaxy?
a. Milky Way
b. Omega Galaxy
c. Earth Galaxy
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Light Years
Read for Details: Answer the true and false questions. If the answer is false, fix the
statement to make it correct.
1) A light-year is the distance light can travel though space in one year.
True False
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2) One light-year = 7,000 billion miles.
True False
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3) The sun is the star furthest to Earth.
True False
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4) It takes light from the sun about eight minutes to reach Earth.
True False
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Analyze: Analyze and explain the following excerpt from Chapter 2.
“Looking at the stars is like looking into the past.”
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Chapter 3: The Sun
Reread to Clarify: Why does the sun look bigger and brighter than other stars?
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Heat and Light
Figurative Language: Write the type of figurative language used in the following
Chapter 3 excerpt.
hyperbole simile alliteration personification
“The sun’s core is like a giant fiery furnace.”
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Text Features: List at 3 text features the author used on pages 36 and 37.
1) ______________________________________________________________________________
2) ______________________________________________________________________________
3) ______________________________________________________________________________
Infer: Why do you think the author added a diagram on page 37?
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Spots, Flares, and Prominences
Summarize: Summarize the section about ‘Spots, Flares, and Prominences’. Make sure to
include the main idea and supporting details.
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The Life of the Sun
Supporting Details: Cite 2 details from the story that support the following statement:
“The sun changes over time.”
1. _______________________________________________________________________________
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2. _______________________________________________________________________________
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Importance of the Sun
Reread to Clarify: Why is the sun so important to us? Use evidence from the text to
support your answer.
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Eclipses
Compare and Contrast: Compare and contrast a solar eclipse and a total solar eclipse.
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Cause and Effect: Fill in the cause.
Cause: ___________________________________________________________________________
Effect: Your eyes would be in harm.
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Chapter 4: Our Solar System
Reread to Clarify: Complete the sentences below.
Our part of space is called our ___________________ __________________. Our solar
system is the __________________ and everything that ______________________ around it.
Birth of the Solar System
Summarize: Summarize the section about the ‘Birth of the Solar System’. Make sure to
include the main idea and supporting details.
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Planets
Read for Details: Answer the true and false questions. If the answer is false, fix the
statement to make it correct.
1) Planets are the smallest members of our solar system.
True False
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2) Planets travel around the sun at different speeds. One trip around the sun is a
planet’s year.
True False
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Moons
Vocabulary-Context Clues: Define the underlined word using context clues and/or a
dictionary.
“Moons orbit a planet as the planet orbits the sun.”
orbit- _______________________________________________________________________________
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Synonym of orbit: ___________________________________________________________________
Reread to Clarify: What keeps the moon from falling out of orbit?
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Asteroids
Create Mental Images: Draw a picture of an asteroid. Underneath your drawing, write a
fact you learned about asteroids.
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Comets
Reread to Clarify: Answer the Chapter 4 multiple choice questions about comets
1. A comet is made of…
a. Balls of fire and space dust.
b. Balls of ice and space dust.
c. Small particles and ice.
2. What species do many scientists believe were extinct by a huge comet?
a. Dinosaurs
b. Dodo bird
c. Tasmanian Tiger
Meteroroids
Vocabulary: Define the following vocabulary word:
meteoroids: _________________________________________________________________________
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Cause and Effect: Fill in the effect.
Cause: Many meteors in the same part of the sky.
Effect: ___________________________________________________________________________
Reading for Details: What is the name for a meteoroid that lands on Earth?
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Our Solar System
Reading to Learn/Note Taking: Pick one piece of our solar system and complete the
questions below.
I chose___________________________________________________________________________
It is named after _____________________________________________________________________
Diameter: ___________________________________________________________________________
Temperature: _______________________________________________________________________
Draw a diagram
Write three interesting facts you learned about the piece of the solar system you chose.
1) _______________________________________________________________________________
2) _______________________________________________________________________________
3) _______________________________________________________________________________
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Jack and Annie Present: Name That Planet
Reading for Details: Write the planets in order.
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Chapter 5: Space Travel
Reread to Clarify: Complete the sentences below.
When ______________________________ talk about space or ___________________
space, they usually mean anything _____________________ Earth’s atmosphere.
There is no __________________ that marks where Earth’s atmosphere ends and
__________________ begins. Most _________________________ agree that anything flying
higher than ______________ miles about Earth is traveling in space.
Spacecraft
Vocabulary: Define the following vocabulary word:
spacecraft: _________________________________________________________________________
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Reading for Details: How fast must a space craft travel to escape Earth’s gravity?
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Rockets
Explain: Explain how a rocket works.
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The Space Race
Reread to Clarify: What countries were involved in the Space Race. What was the Space
Race?
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Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Read for Details: Answer the true and false questions. If the answer is false, fix the
statement to make it correct.
1) Yuri Gagarin was the first person to travel in space.
True False
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2) Members of the Soviet team were called astronauts, which means “travelers to the
stars.”
True False
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The President’s Challenge
Summarize: Summarize the section about ‘The President’s Challenge. Make sure to
include the main idea and supporting details.
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Space Travelers Hall of Fame
Reading to Learn/Note Taking: Pick one piece space traveler from the hall of fame and
complete the questions below.
I chose___________________________________________________________________________
Write two interesting facts you learned about this space traveler.
1) _______________________________________________________________________________
2) _______________________________________________________________________________
Write two questions you would ask this space traveler if you ever met them.
1) _______________________________________________________________________________
2) _______________________________________________________________________________
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Chapter 6: From Earth to the Moon
Reading for Details: List three challenges when traveling to the moon.
1) _______________________________________________________________________________
2) _______________________________________________________________________________
3) _______________________________________________________________________________
Reread to Clarify: How did sending probes to the moon help scientists prepare for the trip
to the moon?
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Draw Conclusions: Why did the scientist/astronauts spend so much time preparing to put
a person on the moon? Why not just send them to space right away to save time and
money?
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To the Moon!
Reread to Clarify: Complete the sentences below.
On July 16, _______________ a rocket blasted off from Cape Kennedy,
______________________. The rocket cared a _________________________ called
____________________.
Moon Walk
Reread to Clarify: Answer the Chapter 4 multiple choice question about the moon walk.
1. Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
a. Buzz Aldrin
b. Neil Armstrong
c. Buzz Lightyear
Reading for details: Complete the speech bubble to include Neil Armstrong’s famous
works he spoke on the moon.
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Moon Suits and Buggies
Create Mental Images/Connect: Draw yourself in a moon suit. Label all the components
of the moon suit.
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Chapter 7: Space Travel Today
Supporting Details: Cite 1 detail from the story that supports the following statement:
“The Americans and the Soviets worked as a team.”
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Space Stations
Explain: Explain the purpose of a space station.
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The International Space Station
Word Meaning—Prefix:
“The International Space Station”
Underline the base word and circle the prefix in international.
international
What does the circled prefix mean? __________________________________________________
In which word does the prefix ‘inter-’ mean the same as it does in ‘international’?
a. interesting
b. intern
c. intergalactic
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The Space Shuttle
Create Mental Images/Reading to Learn: Draw and label a picture of a space shuttle
and write one interesting fact you learned about space shuttles.
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Reread to Clarify: What is the purpose of a parachute on a space shuttle?
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Chapter 8: Living and Working in Space
Compare and Contrast: Compare and contrast the conditions in space to the conditions
on Earth. Include the section ‘Weightlessness”.
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The Jack Files: Life in Outer Space
Connect: Do you think there are living creatures in the universe other than Earth?
Explain.
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Chapter 9: The Future
Taking Notes: Take notes on the section about ‘The Future’. List some of the plans for
space travel in the future.
Connect: Would you like to go on a vacation to space? Why or why not? Explain.
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Author’s Purpose: What is the author’s purpose for writing ‘Space’?
a. To persuade.
b. To inform.
c. To entertain.
Rating: How many stars would you rate this book?
1 being terrible and 5 being awesome.
Be sure to color or shade your rating!
Mary Pope Osborne
And
Will Osborne