WorksheetsScientists create living robots that can have babies
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 2hrs 56mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The article says science fact has become science fiction.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
2.
Scientists made the first living robots in 2020.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
3.
The xenobots got their name from an African frog.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
4.
The xenobots are less than a hundredth of a millimetre wide.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
5.
Scientists tested hundreds of thousands of xenobot shapes.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
6.
The xenobots create babies by gathering cells in their mouth.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
7.
Xenobots could increase the risk of oil spills in our oceans.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
8.
Some people are worried about robots that can have babies.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
9.
What does the article say science fiction is becoming?
a)
dull and boring
b)
science fact
c)
interesting
d)
difficult to understand
10.
How many universities are the researchers from?
a)
one
b)
four
c)
three
d)
two
11.
What animal does the xenobot get its name from?
a)
an Indian beetle
b)
a South American lizard
c)
an Australian snake
d)
an African frog
12.
How wide are the xenobots?
a)
less than a hundredth of a millimetre
b)
less than a millimetre
c)
less than a micron
d)
less than a nanometre
13.
What kind of hybrid did a researcher say xenobots were?
a)
a machine-animal hybrid
b)
a life-imagination hybrid
c)
an electric-diesel hybrid
d)
a robot-C hybrid
14.
What allowed the bots to reproduce?
a)
its shape
b)
chemicals
c)
electricity
d)
medicine
15.
Where did the xenobots find tiny stem cells?
a)
in chemicals
b)
in the air
c)
in water
d)
in a petri dish
16.
What could xenobots repair damage to in our body?
a)
our mental health
b)
the aging process
c)
organs
d)
cuts
17.
What could xenobots clean up in our oceans?
a)
chemicals
b)
shipwrecks
c)
dead coral
d)
oil spills
18.
What are some people worried about?
a)
robots taking over the world
b)
robots that can reproduce
c)
how lonely the xenobots are
d)
naming the xenobots
19.
What do you think of robots?
4 lines
20.
Would you like a robot?
4 lines
21.
Are robots dangerous?
4 lines
22.
What do you think of the idea of baby robots?
4 lines
23.
What do you think of 'living robots'?
4 lines
24.
Do you think these xenobots are really robots?
4 lines
25.
What do you think of machine-animal hybrids?
4 lines
26.
Is it good we have created an 'entirely new life form'?
4 lines
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