Exploring Mars and Life on Mars

Which statement best describes a major difference between "Exploring Mars" and "Living on Mars"?

• "Exploring Mars" describes inspiring reasons for human exploration of Mars, while "Living on Mars" argues that is would be too difficult for humans to live there.

• "Exploring Mars" tells about problems NASA has faced in sending spacecraft to Mars and solutions to these problems, while "Living on Mars" presents problems and possible solutions to living on mars

• "Exploring Mars" tells about events in the history of the exploration of Mars, while "Living on mars" presents problems and possible solutions to living on Mars.

• "Exploring Mars" describes causes and effects of space exploration, while "Living on Mars" presents expert opinions about why humans should try to build a settlement on Mars.

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Which sentence from "Exploring Mars" supports your answer choice for the major difference between the two texts?

• Have you ever thought about exploring on Mars?

• In November, 1964 , the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched Mariner 4.

• Curiosity is gathering evidence from rocks and soil.

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Which sentence from "Living on Mars" supports your answer choice for the major difference between the two texts?

• Do you think it is possible to live on Mars?

• Another problem is that Mars is very cold, windy, and dusty.

• Maybe one day you'll be making the trip.

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Which statement best describes the difference between the PURPOSES of the two articles?

• "Exploring Mars" argues that NASA should continue sending spacecraft to Mars, while "Living on Mars" argues that it is too costly.

• "Exploring Mars" describes the purposes of each mission to Mars,while "Living on Mars" describes the ways to overcome challenges to living there.

• "Exploring Mars" focuses on the problems each spacecraft faced, while "Living on Mars" is an emotional account of what it is like to live there.

• "Exploring Mars" tells the steps needed to survive a mission to Mars, while "Living on Mars" tells facts about Mars' climate.

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Which sentence from "Living on Mars" supports the answer you chose for the texts purpose?

• The new technology allowed in the United States to get even closer.

• NASA lost contact with Spirit in 2010

• Over the past 50 years, scientists have learned a great deal about Mars.

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What sentence from "living on Mars" supports your answer choice for the texts purpose?

• Of all the planets in our solar system, Mars has the best conditions to support human life.

• That's a long trip if you need to return to Earth for supplies.

• Despite all of these problems, some humans are eager to build permanent colonies on Mars.

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Read the sentence from paragraph 3 of "Living on Mars."

The spacesuit would have to be light and flexible enough so you could move about freely.

What does the affix -ible in the word flexible mean?

• process of making

• able to be

• full of

• most

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