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"Challenges for Space Exploration" Questions

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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    The author points out that our ancestors sailed great distances to unknown places in order to -

    express that it is important to go to new places

    suggest that it is human nature to be explorers

    warn about the risks of going to unknown places

    describe what might have happened to our ancestors

  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    In paragraph 5, the author states that we shouldn’t keep our eggs in this increasingly fragile basket. What does she mean?

    We need to create a safer environment on Earth.

    We must focus on the threat of meteor strikes.

    We must increase food production on Earth.

    We need to find other suitable planets to live on.

  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    In paragraph 5, the word fragile comes from the Latin root word frangere, which means to —

    break

    weave

    collide

    die

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