Question Set

What is an advantage of using images to portray information about the subject?

• The film shows problems involved in space explorations and the plans to solve or fix these issues before sending humans to space.

• The film gives a full explanation of the journey, communication plans, dangers, health hazards, and information to explain why we would go to Mars.

• The film provides many images of things that might be too difficult for a person to visualize.

• The film addresses information about Mars not present in the article

What is the main purpose of this article?

• To allow Konstantin Tsiolkovsky to present his case about humans inhabiting other planets

• To give different sides of the debate about whether humans should inhabit space beyond Earth

• To tell an engaging story to get people excited about interstellar travel and humans inhabiting space

• To make the argument that humans inhabiting space beyond Earth is a rather unattainable goal

Travel and interplanetary communications systems are topics from the video clip that are not portrayed in its text version. Select the best reason why the text version left out this information.

• The text is a summary of theoretical science; the concerns about travel and interplanetary communication have already been solved and do not need to be written about.

• The article is missing these topics as an oversight; travel and interplanetary communications should be addressed in the introduction portion of the article.

• The article mainly addresses space travel in the future; we are not yet encountering these issues.

• The author’s perspective in the article is about humans not being successful with interstellar travel therefore travel and interplanetary communication systems are not a concern.

How does the author’s use of the words “conceivable” and “solved” help develop the point of view/purpose?

Read the inference about the section “A ‘Space Ark’ Would Be an Experiment.”

All aspects of life would be regulated aboard a “space ark” and people would lose most of the ability to have free choice.

What aspects of the text support this statement?

How do the article and its multimedia version differ in their portrayal of the subject matter?