Mars –
Our New Home?
Think carefully about each question, and use evidence from the texts to support your conclusions. Write your answers in full sentences, and use explanations and examples where needed.
Surface Level: Find the Answer in the Text
- What are some similarities between Earth and Mars?
| Mars has ice,seasons,weather,volcanoes,polar ice caps and a whole lot more |
- Humans would find it challenging to live on Mars without what?
| Food,shelter,Air,Suits,transportation and alot more. |
- What are the 3 things that the article says are making our planet Earth unlivable?
| Pollution,Climate change and the over use of Natural Materials. |
Inference: Use Clues from the Text to Think of an Answer
- Explain in your own words why scientists are exploring the possibility of a move to Mars?
| I think scientists are exploring the possibilities of a move to mars because if our world become unavailable such as being polluted,global warming,climate change,rises in the sea levels and alot more. |
- What are some challenges that humans would face if there was a move to Mars?
| Some challenges that humans would have to face should be easy but since there’s no gravity it makes every hard such as doing something as simple as walking,eating and even trying to get to mars.I mean Elon musk tried so many times so how can we make it. |
- Why do you think plants will be so important to the terraforming of Mars?
| Plants will be so important to the terraforming of Mars because for example if we need to eat we can eat the plants,and there are some special plants that produce oxygen to but theres a problem,if we try to water the plants the water will just start floating up. |
Unfamiliar Words: Clarifying Language that may cause Misunderstanding
| Word | Sentence from the text | Definition |
| Enthusiast | Imagine a world far away, where red deserts stretch as far as the eye can see. A planet called Mars, located 342 million kilometres away from Earth, has captured the imagination of scientists and space enthusiasts alike. While Earth is our home, we must explore the possibilities of other planets, like Mars, just in case we need to find a new place to live. Let’s take a closer look at Mars and the potential of humans moving there. | A person interested in a particular thing |
| Potential | Imagine a world far away, where red deserts stretch as far as the eye can see. A planet called Mars, located 342 million kilometres away from Earth, has captured the imagination of scientists and space enthusiasts alike. While Earth is our home, we must explore the possibilities of other planets, like Mars, just in case we need to find a new place to live. Let’s take a closer look at Mars and the potential of humans moving there. | Someone having Potential means something have the skill to do something. |
| Abundant | While Earth is beautiful and abundant, we must face the reality that our actions are harming our planet. Pollution, climate change, and the overuse of natural resources are making Earth less livable. Scientists, and engineers, like Elon Musk are concerned about the future and are exploring the possibility of moving to Mars if Earth becomes too damaged. | Abundant meanings having plenty of something. |
| Generate | Moving to Mars is no easy feat. There are many challenges to overcome. For example, the journey to Mars takes several months, and the harsh conditions on the planet pose risks to our health. We would need to find ways to grow food, create sustainable habitats, and generate the resources necessary for survival. | Generate means for making new generations,new objects or subjects and more. |
Global Inferencing: Making Connections between the Text and the Wider World
Would you want to be one of the first people living on Mars?
Come up with solid reasons for your choice, and provide evidence, and examples to support your reasons.
I wouldn’t want to be on Mars first because if something goes wrong such as the ship collapsing and stranding us in space or when I get to Mars and I lose connections with earth.All of these things can happen if you’re 1st so these are my reasons why being 1st isn’t always best. I would rather stay back in earth until we really have to go to Mars or I could wait for the astronauts that are on Mars to give us some updates on how there going and it might give me the courage to head up to mars and live their.There is a huge risk of going to Mars first, so that’s why I would rather be one of the last people to go to mars. Actually there are better reasons why you would want to go to mars last, such as when more people leave the more Earth will be able to become livable again or even if we go to Mars it will cost loads of money.So these are lots of reasons that being first isn’t always the best thing.