Kalpana Chawla: a Life in Science

Questions

1. Sequence Which of these happened first?

   Chawla flew into space aboard the space shuttle Columbia Chawla was selected to train as a NASA astronaut Chawla earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering in the United States Chawla earned her engineering degree in Chandigarh, India
2. Sequence Which of these happened last?

   Chawla earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering in the United States Chawla flew into space aboard the space shuttle Columbia Chawla was selected to train as a NASA astronaut Chawla earned her engineering degree in Chandigarh, India
3. Details In what year did this happen? "Chawla earned her engineering degree in Chandigarh, India."

   1982 1997 1988 1994
4. Timeline math How many years passed between these two events? First: "Chawla earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering in the United States." Later: "She was selected to train as a NASA astronaut."

   5 6 32 16
5. Vocabulary In the passage, what does "aerospace engineering" mean?

   the force that pulls objects toward each other designing and building aircraft and spacecraft the remains or traces of a living thing from long ago, preserved in rock a substance that trains the body to fight a disease
6. Character traits Which word best describes Kalpana Chawla?

   bored ambitious unkind lazy
7. Evidence Which detail from the passage shows that Chawla was ambitious?

   As a child she dreamed of flying and went on to study aerospace engineering. She kept protecting forests even when powerful people tried to stop her. She measured X-ray patterns by hand for months to be sure her results were right. As a child in Chicago she was sure she would one day go to space.
8. Main idea What is this passage mostly about?

   the life and work of George Washington Carver the life and work of Ada Lovelace the life and work of Kalpana Chawla the life and work of Jane Goodall
9. Text structure How does the author organize the middle of the passage?

   as a list of steps to follow in time order, from earlier events to later ones as a problem and its solution by comparing two people

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