My View Unit 1 Week 2: Life on Earth and Beyond Test

Chris McKay described the Antarctica's Dry Valleys as being like what?

• Canada

• Pluto

• China

• Mars

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Where did Chris and his team land when they arrived at The Dry Valleys?

• on a very high mountain, called Tall Mountain

• on a giant sandstone, called Battleship Promontory

• deep in the Atlantic Ocean

• on a sand dune at South Padre Island

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the genre of our story, "Life on Earth and Beyond"?

• informational text

• poetry

• fiction

• fairy tale

What kind of organisms (living things) did Chris find in the Dry Valleys?

• microbes

• caterpillars

• little green men

• grass

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

How do these creatures survive the harsh cold conditions of the Dry Valleys?

• Tidbits of summer sunlight and a few drops of melted snow

• strong gusts of wind and sulight

• Big chunks of sunlight and lots of rain

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

In "Very Little Rain on the Plain," What is the name of the driest desert in the world?

• The Mojave Desert

• The Atacama Desert

• The Sahara Desert

• The Gobi Desert

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What are the two names of the robotic rovers that landed on Mars?

• Liberty and Freedom

• Ghost and Chance

• Spirit and Opportunity

• Strength and Adventure

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

In "Looking for Life in the Atacama," what did Chris use to test the microbes in the air?

• helicopter

• helium balloon

• pigeons

• robot

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

According to Chris McKay, "Where there is no liquid water, there is no _______"

• life

• time

• air

• ice

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Where does Chris think you could find evidence of life on Mars?

• in old dead trees

• in mountains

• in outer space

• in a natural underground freezer

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6