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Grade 6 Elite STEAM Project Lesson 2

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 37mins

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Class
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1.

Read the first paragraph of the text.


What do you think is a good title?


Mars is the planet that is nearest to 1. _______ in the solar system. It is sometimes know as the 2. _____ ______ because it has a red appearance. When the orbit of 3. ___________ brings it close to Earth, Mars can be clearly seen shining in the night 4. ______. In some ways Mars is similar to planet Earth. A day on Mars is almost the same 5. ______ as a day on Earth. Mars has seasons, clouds and 6. ______, just as we do on this planet, and has a similar 7. ______.

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2.

Question 1

Fill in the gap using these words.

Earth / Red Planet / length / life / Mars / sky


Mars is the planet that is nearest to 1. _______ in the solar system. It is sometimes know as the 2. _____ ______ because it has a red appearance. When the orbit of 3. ___________ brings it close to Earth, Mars can be clearly seen shining in the night 4. ______.

(a)  

3.

Question 2

Fill in the gap using these words.

Earth / Red Planet / length / life / Mars / sky


Mars is the planet that is nearest to 1. _______ in the solar system. It is sometimes know as the 2. _____ ______ because it has a red appearance. When the orbit of 3. ___________ brings it close to Earth, Mars can be clearly seen shining in the night 4. ______.

(a)  

4.

Question 3

Fill in the gap using these words.

Earth / Red Planet / length / life / Mars / sky


Mars is the planet that is nearest to 1. _______ in the solar system. It is sometimes know as the 2. _____ ______ because it has a red appearance. When the orbit of 3. ________ brings it close to Earth, Mars can be clearly seen shining in the night 4. ______.

(a)  

5.

Question 4

Fill in the gap using these words.

Earth / Red Planet / length / life / Mars / sky


Mars is the planet that is nearest to 1. _______ in the solar system. It is sometimes know as the 2. _____ ______ because it has a red appearance. When the orbit of 3. ___________ brings it close to Earth, Mars can be clearly seen shining in the night 4. ______.

(a)  

6.

Question 5

Fill in the gap using these words.


information / life / temperature / length / survive / weather / scientists


In some ways Mars is similar to planet Earth. A day on Mars is almost the same 5. ______ as a day on Earth. Mars has seasons, clouds and 6. ______, just as we do on this planet, and has a similar 7. ______.

(a)  

7.

Question 6

Fill in the gap using these words.


information / life / temperature / length / survive / weather / scientists


In some ways Mars is similar to planet Earth. A day on Mars is almost the same 5. ______ as a day on Earth. Mars has seasons, clouds and 6. ______, just as we do on this planet, and has a similar 7. ______.

(a)  

8.

Question 7

Fill in the gap using these words.


information / life / temperature / length / survive / weather / scientists


In some ways Mars is similar to planet Earth. A day on Mars is almost the same 5. ______ as a day on Earth. Mars has seasons, clouds and 6. ______, just as we do on this planet, and has a similar 7. ______.

(a)  

9.

Question 8

Fill in the gap using the following words

water / scientists / weather / life / information

Some 8. ____ believe that there may be or may have been 9. _____ on Mars. This is most likely to be in the form of tiny microbes. Since 1960, space crafts have been collecting 10. ____ about Mars.

(a)  

10.

Question 9

Fill in the gap using the following words

water / scientists / weather / life / information

Some 8. ____ believe that there may be or may have been 9. _____ on Mars. This is most likely to be in the form of tiny microbes. Since 1960, space crafts have been collecting 10. ____ about Mars.

(a)  

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Question 10

Fill in the gap using the following words

water / scientists / weather / life / information

Some 8. ____ believe that there may be or may have been 9. _____ on Mars. This is most likely to be in the form of tiny microbes. Since 1960, space crafts have been collecting 10. ____ about Mars.

(a)  

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Question 11

Fill in the gap using these words

temperature / survive / Earth / water / space crafts

From these 11.____ we have been able to learn a lot about what it is like there. Scientists from NASA have now found out that there is flowing 12. ____ on the surface of Mars. This is very important news because, as far as we know, all forms of life need water to 13. ____. This makes the possibility of finding life on Mars much more likely.

(a)  

13.

Question 12

Fill in the gap using these words

temperature / survive / Earth / water / space crafts

From these 11.____ we have been able to learn a lot about what it is like there. Scientists from NASA have now found out that there is flowing 12. ____ on the surface of Mars. This is very important news because, as far as we know, all forms of life need water to 13. ____. This makes the possibility of finding life on Mars much more likely.

(a)  

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Question 13

Fill in the gap using these words

temperature / survive / Earth / water / space crafts

From these 11.____ we have been able to learn a lot about what it is like there. Scientists from NASA have now found out that there is flowing 12. ____ on the surface of Mars. This is very important news because, as far as we know, all forms of life need water to 13. ____. This makes the possibility of finding life on Mars much more likely.

(a)  

15.
Which is the largest planet in our solar system?
a)
Mars
b)
Earth
c)
Jupiter
d)
Neptune
16.
______ contains 99.8% of the mass in our solar system.
a)
Jupiter
b)
The Sun
c)
Saturn
d)
Venus
17.
Which planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Earth
b)
Mars
c)
Neptune
d)
Mercury
18.
Which planet is NOT considered a gas giant?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Venus
d)
Neptune
19.
How many stars are in our solar system?
a)
1
b)
1,000
c)
1 million
d)
Over 1 billion
20.
What is a planet?
a)
a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky
b)
a large ball of hot gases that gives off heat and light
c)
a large ball or rock or gas that moves around the sun
d)
a toy aliens play with
21.
This picture shows the path Earth takes as it moves around the sun. What is the path called?
a)
a constellation
b)
a moon
c)
an orbit
d)
a planet
22.
Which planet is between Mercury and Earth?
a)
Mars
b)
Uranus
c)
Venus
d)
the Moon
23.

Choose the planet in our solar system that rotates on its side.

a)

Jupiter

b)

Neptune

c)

Uranus

d)

Earth

24.

Choose the planet closest in size to Earth.

a)

Mars

b)

Jupiter

c)

the moon

d)

the sun

25.

Today, I learned

a)

new vocabulary.

b)

how to fill in a gap for a listening text.

c)

how to fill in a gap for a reading text.

26.

Write about two new things you learned in today's lesson.

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