VOCABULARY PRACTICE

COMPLETION A. Circle the correct words to complete the paragraph below.

Is there life on other planets? Scientists use different methods to try to answer this
question. Some use very 1powerful / whole radio telescopes. They hope to receive
messages from intelligent life on distant planets. Other scientists only 2search /
contact for life in our solar system. But they aren’t looking for intelligent life—they
want to 3circle / identify any possible life forms. To do this, they test whether
conditions on a planet would 4allow / contact any kind of life to 5exist / search.

WORDS IN B. Complete each sentence with the correct

CONTEXT answer (a or b).
1. We measure distance in .
a. kilometers (km)
b. kilograms (kg)
2. Some examples of tools are .
a. monkeys and dolphins
b. cell phones and laptops
3. If you contact someone, you them.
a. meet or communicate with
b. research and write about
4. If you have lived in a place your whole life,
you have lived there of your life.
a. some
b. all
The SpaceX Falcon
5. If a spaceship circles a planet, it
Heavy rocket lifted off
the planet.
on February 6, 2018.
a. goes around
b. lands on

WORD PARTS C. The suffix -ful in powerful means “full of.” Complete the sentences using the
words in the box. One word is extra.

care harm power wonder

1. Moon dust can be ful and can damage our DNA.

2. Astronomers need to be very ful with the expensive equipment
they use.
3. The Falcon Heavy rocket is extremely ful. It can carry a load
of 60,000 kg.

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