Assignment 1
Read the assignment and write down the answers in English. You may use English-language Internet sources to help you.
a Until 2009 there were officially 9 planets in the solar system. Then scientists said Pluto was ‘just’ a dwarf planet. Name the 8 remaining planets in our solar system.
b Write down five or more words related to space and space travel.
| Mission to Mars
NASA’s newest rover, Perseverance, landed on Mars on 18 February 2021. Read all about it here. |
Assignment 2
Read the text. Connect the words and expressions that have the same meaning in the text.
| 1. rover | a. a chemical that is found in the air, that has no colour, taste, or smell, and that is necessary for life |
| 2. two-year mission | b. to examine something to find out what it is or what makes it work |
| 3. signs of ancient life | c. the gas that is formed when people and animals breathe out; CO2 |
| 4. nicknamed | d. given a name that is not someone’s or something’s real name |
| 5. samples | e. a job or task that lasts two years |
| 6. tubes | f. kept in its original state or in good condition |
| 7. spacecraft | g. a large area of water that is surrounded by land |
| 8. analyze | h. long thin containers used to store things |
| 9. fossil | i. a mark of a plant or animal which lived a very long time ago and that you can see in earth or rock |
| 10. microbes | j. marks showing that something else existed thousands of years ago |
| 11. lake | k. a motorized vehicle designed to travel across the surface of a planet |
| 12. preserved | l. a person, boat, or plane that collects information or searches an area |
| 13. scout | m. small amounts of something that give information about the thing it was taken from |
| 14. oxygen | n. a vehicle that is used for travel in outer space |
| 15. carbon dioxide | o. very small living things that can only be seen with a microscope |
Assignment 3
a Why has the NASA sent Perseverance to Mars?
1 To find out how fast a rover can reach Mars.
2 To help the astronauts living on Mars.
3 To look for signs of life on the planet.
4 To take water from a lake and put it in tubes.
b Which statements fit the NASA rover Perseverance?
1 The largest rover NASA has sent to Mars
2 About the size of a drone
3 Weighs more than 1000 kilograms
4 Has more cameras than any other rover
5 First rover to send colour pictures from Mars
6 Will later help astronauts living on Mars
7 Has two microphones
8 First flying machine sent to Mars
c What will MOXIE do on Mars?
1 It will analyze rock and soil to see if they contain any signs of life.
2 It will collect samples of rock, soil and carbon dioxide and store them in tubes.
3 It will pick up samples of rock and soil and bring them back to earth.
4 It will try to change the carbon dioxide of Mars into air humans can breathe.
Assignment 4
Want to know more? Check out this other text about the Perseverance.
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