How Satellites Were Built to Connect Us — Questions and answers

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What question did Rafael start to wonder about after Bram asked him to grab the phone?

Choices

  1. A) Who invented the phone and how people talked long distance before it. ✓
  2. B) Why his mom was calling him.
  3. C) Where his bedroom was.
  4. D) What he should sketch in his notebook next.

Answer: A) Who invented the phone and how people talked long distance before it.

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What happened right after Rafael opened his glowing Invention Encyclopedia?

Choices

  1. A) He heard Bram call him again from the kitchen.
  2. B) A shimmering light enveloped him and pulled him away. ✓
  3. C) He started sketching in his notebook.
  4. D) He found a picture of a phone inside.

Answer: B) A shimmering light enveloped him and pulled him away.

From page 2

According to Bram and Adam, what was a huge benefit satellites would bring to communication?

Choices

  1. A) They would make it easier to build new workshops.
  2. B) They would allow communications to travel around the world for much less cost. ✓
  3. C) They would make transoceanic cables obsolete.
  4. D) They would help them wipe sweat from their foreheads.

Answer: B) They would allow communications to travel around the world for much less cost.

From page 5

According to Adam, who first suggested that satellites could be used for communication in 1945?

Choices

  1. A) Rafael.
  2. B) The Soviet Union.
  3. C) Arthur C. Clarke. ✓
  4. D) Bram.

Answer: C) Arthur C. Clarke.

From page 6

How did Rafael help Bram and the team in the workshop?

Choices

  1. A) He fixed the lights that were flickering.
  2. B) He quoted Alan Kay to inspire them.
  3. C) He quickly adjusted the solar panels himself.
  4. D) He made a suggestion that helped Bram adjust the solar panels. ✓

Answer: D) He made a suggestion that helped Bram adjust the solar panels.

From page 9

What did Rafael excitedly tell Bram makes phone calls possible?

Choices

  1. A) The Invention Encyclopedia.
  2. B) The swirling light that brought him back.
  3. C) Satellites. ✓
  4. D) The kitchen phone.

Answer: C) Satellites.

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