Seven Minutes of Terror & From the Earth to Outer Space

What is Curiosity?

• a parachute used to land on Mars
• another name for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• a space rover that landed on Mars
• a video made by NASA engineers

What sequence of events (SOE) is described in "7 Minutes of Terror"?

• the SOE that led to Opportunity landing on Mars
• the SOE that led to Curiosity landing on Mars
• the SOE that led to the creation of NASA
• the SOE that will need to take place for Mars to be colonized

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In order to land on Mars, Curiosity had to use a parachute, rockets, and a sky crane.  What can be concluded from this information?

• Landing on Mars is a simple process.
• Landing on Mars is a complicated process.
• Landing on Mars is a waste of time.
• Landing on Mars in the future is unrealistic.

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What helped make the Mars Science Laboratory mission successful?

• one person working by himself for decades
• two countries competing with each other
• a lot of people working together for years
• hi-tech airbags first used in 2004

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What is "7 Minutes of Terror" mainly about?

• a mission to Mars
• life on Mars
• what being an engineer is like
• the history of NASA

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"The mission has eight scientific objectives, each one broken into specific goals and all coming together to form a more detailed understanding of things on Mars."  What does mission mean?

• a problem that develops when people don't prepare for something as they should
• a short period of time when people feel extremely nervous about something
• the movement of interplanetary bodies
• an important task to be carried out by a person or group

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Engineers spent years getting curiosity ready; ________ it landed on Mars.

• finally
• however
• third
• such as

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According to "From Earth to Outer Space", where did people decide they wanted to go many years ago?

• outer space
• the North Pole
• the inside of a volcano
• the center of the earth

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Getting to outer space is a problem mentioned in the passage.  How is the problem solved?

• Georges Melies made a movie that showed a tribe of angry natives on the moon.
• Grandparents told their grandkids stories about people traveling to outer space.
• Some rockets blew up on the launch pad or shot off in crazy directions.
• Scientists worked togther to create a rocket that could send a person into space.

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Why might people be interested in traveling to outer space?

• They want to meet a tribe of angry natives on the moon.
• They want to watch movies and listen to their grandparents' stories.
• They want to see rockets blow up on a launch pad.
• They want to explore the mystery of outer space.

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