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The Universe National Geographic Foundation

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Astronomers are looking for a new _____in the icy Kuiper Belt.

a)

astronaut

b)

valley

c)

spacecraft

d)

planet

2.

Mariner 7 took 131 days to make the _____to Mars

a)

tour

b)

journey

c)

universe

d)

galaxy

3.

Earth's _______is made up of different gases.

a)

atmosphere

b)

orbit

c)

signal

d)

space

4.

Earth's atmosphere is ______ of different gases.

a)

You don't write anything here.

b)

full

c)

made

d)

made up

5.

The scientists are discovering distant ______beyond the Milky Way.

a)

missions

b)

galaxies

c)

equipment

d)

planet

6.

Vatican City is the world's ______country.

a)

small

b)

smaller

c)

smallest

d)

most small

7.

Vatican City is ________ other countries.

a)

smaller

b)

smaller than

c)

smallest

d)

the smallest

8.

Vatican City is located inside Italy's _______city, Rome.

a)

larger

b)

largest

c)

more important

d)

importantest

9.

"the giocconda" is _______________ painting in the world.

a)

most famous

b)

the most famous

c)

as famous as

d)

famous

10.

I find "Las Meninas"_____________ "Old lady frying eggs"

a)

beautifuller

b)

the most beautiful

c)

as beautiful

d)

more beautiful than

11.

"Las Meninas"is _____________ of all paintings by Velázquez

a)

beautifuller

b)

the most beautiful

c)

as beautiful

d)

more beautiful than

12-17.

Mozambique is a beautiful country in southern Africa. However, for a long time, scientists didn't know a lot about it.

In 2005, conservationist Julian Bayliss looked at pictures of Mozambique on Google Earth mapping service. Google uses satellites in space to take photos on Earth. Julian noticed a small area o dark green in Northern Mozambique. He zoomed in to take a closer look and discovered Mount Mabu. This was a very exciting discovery for him. He started to plan an expedition to the mountain to learn more about it and to learn more about Mozambique.

When Julian and his team arrived in 2008, they found that the green area on the satellite images was thick, dense forest. The forest, the heat and the environment made the expedition difficult, but it was worth it. Julian and his team discovered five new species of butterfly and two new species of snake. We only know about the existence of these animals because Julian spotted the patch of green on his computer screen.

Now, Google's imagery is much more powerful. "people say there is nothing left to be discovered in this world ", says Julian."But there are new species to be discovered. Lost worlds can be found.". perhaps the best way to find what's on this beautiful planet or ours is to look at it from space.

12.

According to the text, satellites can help people by ...

a)

confirming there's nothing left to be discarded.

b)

taking photographs of earth for scientists to analyse.

c)

discovering new species of animals and plants.

d)

sending signals to watch TV programms.

13.

True or False:

There are mountains and forests in Mozambique

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

True or False:

Julian discovered Mount Mabu when he was in Mozambique

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

True or False:

Julian went to Mozambique in 2008

a)

True

b)

False

16.

True or False:

The area of green on the satellate image was a new species of butterfly

a)

True

b)

False

17.

True or false:

Julian thinks there's nothing left to be discovered.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

Translate: El inglés no es tan difícil como el alemán.

(a)  

19.

Translate: La tierra está más lejos que Venus.

(a)  

20.

Earth can sustain life because its atmosphere contains (a)  

21.

Elena's faaavourite (non) planet is...

(a)  

22.

The fourth planet of the Solar system is...

(a)  

23.

The hottest planet in the solar system is (a)  

24.

The farthest planet in the solar system is also the (a)  

25.

Jupiter is not as ......as Venus

a)

cold

b)

far

c)

big

d)

hot

26.

A space shuttle, a rocket and a spaceship are all

a)

manned

b)

unmanned

c)

spacecrafts

d)

American

27.

The moon (a)   Earth.

28.

Mercury is 12,000 kilometres....

a)

round

b)

of diameter

c)

big

d)

wide

29.

Them temperatue on Earth is 37...

a)

grades

b)

degrees

c)

degrees Farenheit

d)

hot

30.

The Earth (a)   365 days to orbit around the sun.

31.

The GPS sends and receives (a)   from satellites orbiting Earth.

32.

Venus is much _______Earth

a)

dry

b)

drier than

c)

wetter than

d)

smaller than

33.

Venus tiene un campo eléctrico muy fuerte

(a)  

34.

Jupiter has --------moons than any other planet in the solar system.

(a)  

35.

Translate: J. es el planeta con más lunas.

(a)