UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA Y HUMANIDADES

CENTRO DE IDIOMAS
CIDI 062/ENERO 2011

MARS MISSION (Online activity)

Instructions:
1. Print this handout
2. Go to the link, watch the full video as necessary.
3. Do the exercises.
This handout will be checked during our first class in February.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--EDM9GRub4&list=PL74B9A596D1791B16&index=2&feature=plpp_video

I. Match the following words with their corresponding synonyms.

(v): verb

(n): noun

1. to land (v)
2. to expect (v)
3. spacecraft (n)
4. to reach (v)
5. deep (a)
6. hole (n)
7. rover (n)
8. capable (a)
9. to send out (v)
10. to fuel (v)
11. plenty (a)
12. make-up (n)
13. to sample (v)
14. soil (n)
15. to hold (v)
16. to measure (v)
17. layer (n)
18. clue(s) (n)

(a): adjective
a.______ perforation
b. ______ land surface
c. ______ to establish dimensions
d. ______ to transmit to another place
e. ______ abundant
f. ______ to descend toward
g. ______ to contain
h. ______ far distant down
i. ______ to examine
j. ______ spaceship
k. ______ competent
l. ______ evidence
m. ______ zone, area
n. ______ to suppose
o. ______ vehicle
p. ______ to supply with power
q. ______ to arrive at
r. ______ structure, composition

II. After watching the video decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
Correct the false ones writing down the correct information:
1. _______ The American Space agency will launch Curiosity in November of 2012
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2. _______ Curiosity will land at the foot of a mountain inside a crater.
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3. _______ According to the scientists this is a virtual machine.
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4. _______ It is going to explore two craters.
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5. _______ Curiosity is bigger than other rovers.
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6. _______ Scientists believe the reactor might not provide enough power for the rover to operate.
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7. _______ The laser will examine the chemical composition of rocks.
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8. _______ The rover has two laboratories inside.
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9. _______ The goal of the experiment is to bring samples back to the Earth.
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10. ______ Environmental conditions in Mars are not so important to the mission.
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11. ______ Each layer of rock contains new clues for scientists.
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12. ______ Two Martian years are the same as one Earth year.
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