English 9A final exam questions and
answers
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
Spider-Man and Extreme Science: A Web of Connections?
by Nick D'Alto
1 Chomp! A radioactive spider bites chemistry student Peter Parker
and he becomes the Amazing Spider-Man. Zap! Gamma rays
mutate physicist Bruce Banner into the green-skinned "Hulk."
Fiction?
2 That depends. How much are real scientists like scientists from
the comic books? Does comic book science inspire real scientific
breakthroughs, and vice versa? Let's see.
Incredible, Unpredictable. . .Sometimes Scary Real Science
, English 9A final exam questions and
answers
3 Real-life extreme scientists have performed some incredible
"maverick" experiments of their own. Chemist Marie Curie helped
discover radioactivity. And while we don't know of any scientists
who have been blasted with gamma rays (which are generated by
radioactive atoms and in nuclear explosions), they have
experimented with numerous forms of radiation.
4 Just as in the comics -
correct answer ✅Through the use of rhetorical questions, the
author introduces the idea that there is a relationship between
science in fiction and in real life.
Which statements accurately describe how central ideas from
"Spider-Man and Extreme Science: A Web of Connections?" are
shaped and refined over the course of the text? Select all that
apply. -
correct answer ✅The author poses a question about the
relationship between the real world and fictional worlds and then
provides details to show how those two worlds are the same and
different, including examples from across history.
answers
Read the passage. Then answer the questions.
Spider-Man and Extreme Science: A Web of Connections?
by Nick D'Alto
1 Chomp! A radioactive spider bites chemistry student Peter Parker
and he becomes the Amazing Spider-Man. Zap! Gamma rays
mutate physicist Bruce Banner into the green-skinned "Hulk."
Fiction?
2 That depends. How much are real scientists like scientists from
the comic books? Does comic book science inspire real scientific
breakthroughs, and vice versa? Let's see.
Incredible, Unpredictable. . .Sometimes Scary Real Science
, English 9A final exam questions and
answers
3 Real-life extreme scientists have performed some incredible
"maverick" experiments of their own. Chemist Marie Curie helped
discover radioactivity. And while we don't know of any scientists
who have been blasted with gamma rays (which are generated by
radioactive atoms and in nuclear explosions), they have
experimented with numerous forms of radiation.
4 Just as in the comics -
correct answer ✅Through the use of rhetorical questions, the
author introduces the idea that there is a relationship between
science in fiction and in real life.
Which statements accurately describe how central ideas from
"Spider-Man and Extreme Science: A Web of Connections?" are
shaped and refined over the course of the text? Select all that
apply. -
correct answer ✅The author poses a question about the
relationship between the real world and fictional worlds and then
provides details to show how those two worlds are the same and
different, including examples from across history.
