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UD01 - Test 1 Group: C

1. Complete the follo in! sentences: " hite # arf ill en# its life as a col# #ea# $o#%& calle# ''''''''''''''''''''. The '''''''''''' theor% states that the Earth an# the other planets or$its aroun# the Sun. (. )atch each star ith its characteristic: Superno*a ,e# !iant -hite # arf 0lac1 hole " $i! star that has e+plo#e# " star that e+pan#s an# increases its $ri!htness. .ts #ensit% is so lar!e that it #oesn/t let out li!ht " small star hich has consume# all of its fuel

2. Un#erline the name of the !ala+ies: Sun 3. E+plain ho )il1% -a% the Sun Solar S%stem "n#rome#a Orion ill e*ol*e o*er time.

4. ,ea# an# anal%5e

6"ssumin! e #on7t #estro% oursel*es in the ne+t hun#re# %ears& it is li1el% that e ill sprea# out first to the planets in the solar s%stem an# then to the near$% stars. 0ut it on7t $e li1e Star Tre1 or 0a$%lon 4& ith a ne race of nearl% human $ein!s in almost e*er% stellar s%stem. The human race has $een in its present form for onl% t o million %ears out of the fifteen $illion %ears or so since the $i! $an!. So e*en if life #e*elops in other stellar s%stems& the chances of catchin! it at a reco!ni5a$l% human sta!e are *er% small. "n% alien life e encounter ill li1el% $e either much more primiti*e or much more a#*ance#. .f it is more a#*ance#& h% hasn7t it sprea# throu!h the !ala+% an# *isite# Earth89 Stephen :a 1in!

a; -hich places of the Uni*erse ha*e more chances of $ein! e+plore# $% humans8

$; -hich a#*anta!es oul# space-time tra*els ha*e8

c; Does the author feel optimist a$out the possi$ilit% of fin#in! life at other planets8 -h%8