Unit 12- Reading: Landing on a Comet

Scan. Underline the year in which a spacecraft first landed on a comet.

Match

Look at the headings. Match the detail to the correct heading. Then scan and check your predictions.

• Rosetta would fly for 10 years.

• Organic materials exist on comets.

• Philae bounced twice on the comet.

The Mission

The Findings

The Landing

• The Mission

• The Findings

• The Landing

Read the passage. Find answers to the two questions in the first paragraph.

Multiple Choice

Answer the questions about Landing on a Comet.

[Vocabulary] What does the word “feat” mean? (line 4)

• an achievement

• a mission

• a historical event

Multiple Choice

Answer the questions about Landing on a Comet.

[Inference] Scientists needed another mission to a comet because the first mission ___.

• didn’t return useful data

• raised more questions

• wasn’t able to collect any data

Multiple Choice

Answer the questions about Landing on a Comet.

[Inference] If the lander’s battery runs out of power,

Rosetta will ___.

• have to land on 67P

• replace the battery

• stop receiving data from Philae

Multiple Choice

Answer the questions about Landing on a Comet.

[Detail] According to the article, which part of

the mission was the hardest?

• the journey to 67P

• the landing on 67P

• analyzing the results from Rosetta

Multiple Choice

Answer the questions about Landing on a Comet.

[Detail] Scientists believe that the comet’s data

may help explain the origins of ___.

• our solar system

• life on Earth

• the Milky Way

Open Ended

Complete the timeline. Use information from the passage.