Isaac Newton: a Life in Science

Questions

1. Sequence Which of these happened first?

   Newton published his laws of motion and gravity Newton began studying at Cambridge University Newton built a new kind of telescope that used a mirror Newton was made a member of a British society of arts
2. Sequence Which of these happened last?

   Newton published his laws of motion and gravity Newton worked on ideas about gravity, light and mathematics while the university was closed Newton began studying at Cambridge University Newton built a new kind of telescope that used a mirror
3. Details In what year did this happen? "Newton published his laws of motion and gravity."

   1687 1680 1643 1661
4. Timeline math How many years passed between these two events? First: "Newton began studying at Cambridge University." Later: "He published his laws of motion and gravity."

   26 27 44 25
5. Vocabulary In the passage, what does "gravity" mean?

   a kind of invisible light that can pass through the body to make pictures of bones a substance the body needs to use sugar for energy designing and building aircraft and spacecraft the force that pulls objects toward each other
6. Character traits Which word best describes Isaac Newton?

   lazy inquisitive bored forgetful
7. Evidence Which detail from the passage shows that Newton was inquisitive?

   His mother and wife were deaf, and he spent his life studying sound and teaching deaf students. He and his team tested thousands of materials before finding one that made a light bulb last. He wondered how doctors could see inside the body in slices, not just in flat X-rays. He questioned why objects fall and why the Moon stays in the sky.
8. Main idea What is this passage mostly about?

   the life and work of Isaac Newton the life and work of Ada Lovelace how to become a teacher the life and work of Alexander Graham Bell
9. Text structure How does the author organize the middle of the passage?

   as a list of steps to follow from most important to least important event in time order, from earlier events to later ones by comparing two people

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