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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. How many planets are there in the Solar System?
a. 3

b. 5
c. 8
d. 10

2. What is Europa covered by?

a. a thick layer of ice
b. a thick layer of gold
c. a thin layer of aluminum foil
d. a thin layer of diamond

3. Scientists look for presence of water in other planets because
a. water is a very basic need for a life to exist
b. they want to transfer water to Earth

c. water makes existence of life almost impossible
d. water on other planets look different than water on Earth

4. What do scientific research and observation show about planets and

galaxies?
a. They are similar to the environments on Earth.
b. They are very different from environments on Earth.

c. Human beings live on other planets.
d. Planets other than Earth are too contaminated for any creatures to live.

5. What would probably happen to the research of finding life in outer
space 100 years later?

a. There will be no progress at all.
b. Many scientists will give up doing research.
c. There will be some major discoveries and scientists will be able to find
other creatures living outside the Earth.

d. All studies on finding life outside the Earth will be stopped because aliens
attacked human beings.

6. In the article, the word evidence means

a. proof
b. evil
c. eviction

d. radar

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