Curiosity on Mars

Which sentence best tells the main idea of this book

• NASA is the United States' space agency.

• Curiosity is a rover sent to Mars to look for evidence of life on the planet.

• NASA scientists will be listening for at least the next two years as Curiosity drives on Mars.

• Curiosity landed on Marks on August 6, 2012.

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Read this sentence: Microbes might be in the soil. Which of the following means the same as microbes?

• vehicles

• intense wavelengths

• information

• microscopic organisms

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What type of book is Curiosity on Mars?

• realistic fiction

• descriptive nonfiction

• fantasy fiction

• informational nonfiction

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What is the author's main purpose in this book?

• to inform

• to persuade

• to explain a process

• to entertain

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Three of the following sentences are supporting details. Which sentence tells the main idea?

• In 1996, the United States launched the Pathfinder probe.

• Many space probes have been sent to Mars to study its geology and look for evidence of live.

• Spirit and Opportunity were sent to study Mars in 2004.

• Sojourner's findings showed scientists that Mars was more Earthlike than originally thought.

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Which statement is an opinion?

• Exploring Mars is the most exciting operation NASA has ever undertaken.

• Curiosity is outfitted with many newly designed pieces of equipment.

• Curiosity has a rock-blasting laser.

• The building blocks of life include carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and other elements.

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How is Earth different from Mars?

• The seasons change.

• There are volcanoes, mountains, and valleys.

• Life is known to exist on the planet.

• Earth is much older.

Curiosity, Spirit, Opportunity, and Sojourner are supporting details to which main idea?

• The War of the Worlds is a movie about Martians attacking Earth.

• There are four basic elements that are considered the building blocks of life.

• Scientists relay signals using three satellites orbiting Mars.

• Different robotic rovers have studied Mars.

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What was the cause of the people of New York City panicking in 1938?

• They learned Mars and Earth were very similar.

• They heard on their radios that a huge flaming object had smashed into a New Jersey farm and Martians were invading.

• They hard that an astronomer saw canals on the Martian surface.

• They learned that NASA had sent a spacecraft to Mars to search for aliens.

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Earthling is to Earth as __________ is to Mars.

• Martian

• Curiosity

• NASA

• extraterrestrial

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