from Life on Earth - and Beyond

What identifies this selection as Informational text?

• A. It gives you information about real aliens

• B. It gives you information about a famous scientific movie.

• C. It gives you information about time travel.

• D. It gives you factual information about scientists who go to extreme places to find life.

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The author wrote this selection most likely to- -

• A. to give you information about our Earth and other planets, and whether there is life in extreme conditions.

• B. to give you information about green aliens and why scientists study them.

• C. to give you information about green aliens from a fictional story.

• D. to persuade you to travel to all the planets.

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What is life?

• The ability to eat, reproduce, give off waste and evolve.

• Anything that moves

• Anything that’s been around for centuries

• Everything around us.

Why are Scientists studying rocks?

• Rocks are becoming increasingly heavy

• Plants are growing inside the rock

• Microbes live inside the rocks

• Rocks are used to decorate homes

How are Antarctica and Mars alike?

• Both are cold and dry.

• Both are hot and windy.

• Both have endangered animals

• Both are planets.

Why do scientists think that aliens on the other planets are most likely to be microbes?

• because microbial life is the simplest kind

• because all aliens are small

• because all aliens are green with big eyes

• because they haven't had a chance to grow up

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What do the photograph and caption on pg. 60 help the reader understand?

• how many scientists work in the lab

• what a microbe looks like

• what a spectrometer looks like and what it does

• how cold the area is

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What important information appears in the section Looking For Life in the Atacama?

• how astronauts found green Martians

• how scientists tested the air and soil for microbes

• how long it took to build a spaceship

• how the Atacama Desert is never rained on

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How does the sidebar "Water, the Host with the Most" relate to the main topic of the selection?

• It says how water is the host of a party.

• It tells how we flush water down the drain.

• It explains how water is essential to life on Earth.

• It tells that life on Earth is fun.

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The writer of the selection believes that --

• there are green, bug-eyed Martians with flying saucers

• there can only be life if there is water

• the Atacama Desert is full of plants

• there was never water in Mars

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