UNIT 9 Mars Rovers

Mars has so far been too far away and dangerous for humans to explore.

• True

• False

Spirit landed first after a seventy-month trip.

• True

• False

To look for water, the robots carried equipment to measure the water in the rocks.

• True

• False

The rovers also carried special cameras for scientists to record images of the planet's rocks.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Spirit moved on to an area that had been a volcano.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The discoveries of the two Mars rovers answered some old questions, but they also brought up many new ones.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1