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WorksheetsWeek#2-Comp.-Life on Earth-and Beyond
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
1. Chris McKay described the Antarctica's Dry Valleys as being like what?
China
Mars
Pluto
Canada
2. Where did Chris and his team land when they arrived at The Dry Valleys?
on a very high mountain, called Tall Mountain
deep in the Atlantic Ocean
on a giant sandstone, called Battleship Promontory
on a sand dune at South Padre Island
3. Why did Chris McKay want to study The Dry Valleys in the Antarctic? (What was he looking for?)
gold
dinosaur bones
food
signs of life
4. What kind of organisms (living things) did Chris find in the Dry Valleys?
grass
microbes
caterpillars
little green men
5. How do these creatures survive the harsh cold conditions of the Dry Valleys?
Tidbits of summer sunlight and a few drops of melted snow
Big chunks of sunlight and lots of rain
strong gusts of wind and sunlight
6. In "Very Little Rain on the Plain," What is the name of the driest desert in the world?
The Sahara Desert
The Mojave Desert
The Atacama Desert
The Gobi Desert
7. What are the two names of the robotic rovers that landed on Mars?
ghost and chance
Liberty and Freedom
Strength and Adventure
Spirit and Opportunity
8. In "Looking for Life in the Atacama," What did Chris use to test the microbes in the air?
helium balloon
helicopter
robot
pigeons
9. According Chris McKay, "Where there is no liquid water, there is no________________.
ice
life
time
air
10 Scientists found proof that at one time Mars did have liquid water on its surface for _________ years.
five thousand years
one million years
hundreds of millions of years
hundreds of thousands of years
11. 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
12. In "Water, the Host with the Most," Water is the essential __________ in the chemistry of life on Earth.
molecule
idea
germ
