Revision_Future of Space Exploration_Grade_7

As explained in “Future of Space Exploration Could See Humans on Mars, Alien Planets,” who is Mae Jemison?

• the head of the 100-Year Starship project

• an astronaut training to travel in the first expedition to Mars

• a fundraiser trying to obtain money to fund NASA’s programs

• a scientist working on new technologies for exploring the moon

According to “Future of Space Exploration Could See Humans on Mars, Alien Planets,” what are the main purposes of the 100-Year Starship project?

• to generate support for NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft

• to enable human beings to establish colonies on Mars

• to help humanity overcome its problems with political instability

• to encourage public enthusiasm for travel beyond our solar system and develop the new technology needed to travel beyond our solar system

If humans someday colonize Mars, what must they do?

• write about it

• remember it

• improve it

• settle it

If future astronauts engage in interstellar travel, where will they go?

• from star to star

• between Earth and Mars

• between Earth and the moon

• anywhere within our solar system

Which of these actions is an example of planetary motion?

• the sun’s movements

• the Earth’s movements

• rockets moving through space

• astronauts moving in spaceships

“They prepare vegetarian food at the new restaurant.” What is the preposition in the underlined group of words?

• restaurant

• new

• at

• the

“The cook dropped the dumplings into the boiling water.” The object of the preposition is INTO.

• True

• False

In the sentence “We had read another book by that author, so we knew the story would be sad.”, the coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) is SO.

• True

• False

In the sentence “Yadiel both jogged and lifted weights to get in shape.”, the pair of correlative conjunctions is BOTH/AND.

• True

• False

What is one of the challenges faced by the 100-year Starship project?

• A big challenge is the incredible distance involved.

• A big challenge is the stars

• A big challenge is the gravity

• A big challenge is the earth