Kathleen Lonsdale: How One Life Changed the World

Questions

1. Sequence Which of these happened first?

   Lonsdale became one of the first two women elected Fellows of the Royal Society Lonsdale used X-rays to prove that the benzene ring is flat Lonsdale was made a member of a British society of arts Lonsdale became a professor at University College London
2. Details In what year did this happen? "Lonsdale used X-rays to prove that the benzene ring is flat."

   1929 1922 1939 1949
3. Timeline math How many years passed between these two events? First: "Lonsdale used X-rays to prove that the benzene ring is flat." Later: "She became one of the first two women elected Fellows of the Royal Society."

   26 16 15 17
4. Timeline math About how old was Lonsdale in 1929?

   38 31 26 21
5. Vocabulary In the passage, what does "crystal" mean?

   a pure substance made of only one kind of atom the curved path an object takes around a planet or star a solid whose tiny particles are arranged in a repeating pattern a kind of invisible light that can pass through the body to make pictures of bones
6. Character traits Which word best describes Kathleen Lonsdale?

   unkind forgetful careful lazy
7. Evidence Which detail from the passage shows that Lonsdale was careful?

   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 she dreamed of flying and went on to study aerospace engineering. Women were not allowed to attend university in Poland, so she studied in secret and later moved to Paris to continue.
8. Main idea What is this passage mostly about?

   how to become a teacher the life and work of George Washington Carver the life and work of Alexander Graham Bell the life and work of Kathleen Lonsdale
9. Text structure How does the author organize the middle of the passage?

   in time order, from earlier events to later ones by comparing two people as a problem and its solution as a list of steps to follow
10. Author's purpose Why does the author end with the final paragraph?

    to list every prize the person won to explain how to do an experiment to show that her work still matters today to describe where the person grew up

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