9. Which seven minutes of terror does the video’s title refer to?

and countless hours of collaboration on the perfect landing., the amount of time it took Curiosity to land on Mars, even years of engineering, one year of space flight,

10. Why might the engineers who worked on Curiosity have felt terror as they watched it land?

They were afraid that something might gowrong when it landed, the engineers were emotionally attached to it

4. What helped make the Mars Science Laboratory mission successful?

a lot of people working together for years

8. Describe the video story “Seven Minutes of Terror.”

a cast of EDL engineers talking about landing on Mars.

3 To land on Mars, Curiosity had to use a parachute, rockets, and a sky .What can be concluded?

Landing on Mars is a complicated process

1. What is Curiosity?

a space rover that landed on Mars

2. What sequence of events is described in this passage?

the sequence of events that led to Curiosity landing on Mars

6. What does the word “mission” mean?

an important task to be carried out by a person or group of

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5. What is this passage mainly about?
what being an engineer is like
the history of NASA
a mission to Mars
life on Mars
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7. Engineers spent years getting Curiosity ready; ______, it landed on Mars.
finally
however
third
such as
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9. Which seven minutes of terror does the video’s title refer to?
The amount of time it took Curiosity to take off.
and countless hours of collaboration on the perfect landing.
the amount of time it took Curiosity to land on Mars
even years of engineering, one year of space flight,
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10. Why might the engineers who worked on Curiosity have felt terror as they watched it land?
They wanted to start another mission
They were afraid that something might gowrong when it landed
the engineers were emotionally attached to it
They were confident that nothing could ever happen
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4. What helped make the Mars Science Laboratory mission successful?
hi-tech airbags first used in 2004
two countries competing with each other
one person working by himself for decades
a lot of people working together for years
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8. Describe the video story “Seven Minutes of Terror.”
a cast of EDL engineers talking about landing on Jupiter
a cast of EDL engineers talking about landing on the moon.
a cast of EDL engineers talking about landing on Mars.
a cast of EDL engineers talking about landing on Saturn
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3 To land on Mars, Curiosity had to use a parachute, rockets, and a sky .What can be concluded?
Landing on Mars is a waste of time.
Landing on Mars is a simple process
Landing on Mars is a complicated process
Landing on Mars in the future is unrealistic.
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1. What is Curiosity?
a space rover that landed on Mars
a video made by NASA engineers
another name for the National Aeronautics and Space
a parachute used to land on Mars
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2. What sequence of events is described in this passage?
the sequence of events that led to the creation of NASA
the sequence of events that led to Curiosity landing on Mars
the sequence of events that led to Opportunity landing on M.
the sequence of events that will need to take place for Mars
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6. What does the word “mission” mean?
the movement of interplanetary bodies
an important task to be carried out by a person or group of
a problem that develops when people do not prepare for
a short period of time when people feel extremely nervous

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