The Price of Curiosity Question Check

Which statement BEST supports the author’s main point about Mars rovers?

• A science station has a lot of capabilities.

• Vehicles like Curiosity are well-suited for exploring Mars.

• Mars rovers must be able to collect data and send it to Earth.

• Curiosity has human-like traits that will help people travel to Mars.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Read the sentence from the passage.

Should the exploration of Mars continue, despite the staggering cost?

What does the suffi x -ation mean in the word exploration?

• state of

• result of

• state of being

• process of

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Why does the author MOST LIKELY include the diagram in the passage?

• to explain what surface the rover will roam on.

• to describe the rover's parts and how they work.

• to organize the paragraph better.

• to explain why the US should continue to fund Curiosity.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What reasons BEST explain why sending rovers to Mars is important? Choose three reasons.

• They can learn how to prepare for people to go to Mars.

• They can find ways to use money and resources to build

  new rovers.

• They can stream data from Mars back to Earth on a regular basis.

• They can use knowledge of changes on Mars to understand

  our planet.

• They can search for evidence of life beyond Earth.

Which statement BEST explains the point the author makes about exploring Mars?

• Despite the costs, there are many benefits to continue the exploration of Mars.

• Roving Mars is extremely expensive

• Some scientists claim that within 40 years, humans will be living

  on Mars.

• Some people question whether that money might be

  better spent here on Earth.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is MOST LIKELY the reason the author titled the passage "The Price of Curiosity?"

• NASA wants to continue to pay for the rover.

• exploring space is very expensive.

• because curiosity can refer to either the cost of the Mars rover or the actual human quality of curiosity

• it shows evidence of life elsewhere in our universe.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2