Choose THE BEST meaning

for these words taking into account the CONTEXT given by the film:

Crew a) all the people who work on a ship or plane.

b) all the people who work in a school or college.

Debris a) the pieces of something that are part of a spaceship or ship.

b) the pieces of something that are left after it has been destroyed.

Vessel a) a container for holding liquids.

b) a ship or large boat.

Probe a) a long thin metal instrument that doctors and scientists use to examine parts of the body
b) a spacecraft without people in it, that is sent into space to collect information.

Slingshot a) the movement that uses an orbit and gravity to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft.
b) a small Y-shaped stick with a thin band of rubber across the top.

Thruster a) a small vehicle that is used in Mars.

b) a small engine on a spacecraft that controls its height and direction by pushing out gas.

SPACE MATCHING VOCABULARY:

"HAB" MARTIAN SOLAR DAY (SOL)

HERMES RENDEZVOUS
SCHIAPARELLI CRATER JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
TELEMETRY ROVER
PATHFINDER ACIDALIA PLANITIA

1- It is a space exploration vehicle designed to move across the surface of a planet or

other celestial body.
2- It is a plain on Mars
3- It is an automated communications process by which measurements and other data are
collected at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for
monitoring
4- It is a crew's base of operations
5- Its primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft,
though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions.
 6- It was formed by an impact on Mars located near Mars's equator. It is 461 kilometers
(286 mi) in diameter.
7- It is the name of an orbiting vessel
8- It is the term used by planetary astronomers to refer to the duration of a solar
day on Mars. It is 24 hours, 39 minutes, and 35.244 seconds.
9- It is an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe
on Mars in 1997.
10- It is an orbital maneuver during which two spacecraft, one of which is often a space station,
arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance (e.g. within visual contact).

Choose the correct options:

The Ares III manned mission to Mars is exploring a) Acidalia Planitia
b) Schiaparelli Crater

The crew is forced to leave the planet because of a) A storm

b) A strong dust storm
c) A tornado

The crew leaves because a) Watney has no vital signs

b) Watney is lost
c) They are coming back for him after the storm

Watney recovers from the injure and begins a video diary because…
a) He only will be rescued in four years’ time and he has no food
b) He only has food for 300 sols (309 days) and he won’t survive

Watney is an
a) Astronaut and Doctor
b) Astronaut and engineer
c) Astronaut and botanist

How does he solve the food problem? What and how does he cultivate on Martian soil?
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Back on Earth, the crew at NASA discovers Watney is alive because of

a) Satellite activities
b) Satellite photos
c) Satellite sounds
At first, do they inform Hermes crew (Watney’s team) about his survival? Why?
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They decide to try new ways of sending supplies to Mars because…

a) The airlock decompresses and Watney gets sick.
b) The airlock decompresses and the crops flood.
c) The airlock decompresses and the crops die.

How do they rescue Watney in the end? Explain it using your own words.
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