Exercise 1: Read the following statements and decide if they are
true, false, or not given in the text.
1. Mars and Earth can both support human life.
2. Mars is much colder than Earth, with temperatures around -
55°C.
3. Mars is closer to the Sun than Earth.
4. Mars and Earth are similar in color.
5. Mars and Earth have almost the same length of day.
6. Both Mars and Earth have water in the form of liquid.
7. The air on Mars is almost the same as Earth's.
8. Mars has a stronger gravitational pull than Earth.
9. Mars's atmosphere contains a lot of nitrogen and oxygen.
10. Jupiter is much further from the Sun than Mars.
Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer based on the conversation.
1. What is the typical temperature on Mars?
o A) 0°C
o B) -55°C
o C) -10°C
2. How far is Mars from the Sun?
o A) 150 million kilometers
o B) 228 million kilometers
o C) 780 million kilometers
3. How long is a day on Mars compared to Earth?
o A) Mars’s day is shorter.
o B) Mars’s day is about the same length.
o C) Mars’s day is half an hour longer than Earth’s.
4. What is the atmosphere on Mars mostly made of?
o A) Nitrogen and oxygen
o B) Carbon dioxide
o C) Water vapor
5. What percentage of Earth is covered by water?
o A) 50%
o B) 70%
o C) 90%
6. What is the gravity like on Mars compared to Earth?
o A) Mars has stronger gravity than Earth.
o B) Mars has weaker gravity than Earth.
o C) Mars has the same gravity as Earth.
7. Which planet is called the "red planet"?
o A) Earth
o B) Mars
o C) Jupiter
8. What is the main difference in the air between Mars and
Earth?
o A) Mars has more oxygen.
o B) Mars has almost no air.
o C) Mars’s air is mostly nitrogen.
9. What does Mars’s atmosphere contain in large amounts?
o A) Nitrogen
o B) Carbon dioxide
o C) Oxygen
10. How does Mars’s size compare to Earth?
o A) Mars is about the same size as Earth.
o B) Mars is half the size of Earth.
o C) Mars is much larger than Earth.
Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases.
1. Mars is much ______ than Earth, with an average temperature of
about -55°C.
2. Earth is about ______ million kilometers from the Sun.
3. Mars is about ______ million kilometers away from the Sun.
4. The day on Mars is about ______ hour longer than the day on
Earth.
5. Mars’s atmosphere is mostly made up of ______.
6. Earth’s atmosphere is made up of mostly ______ and oxygen.
7. Mars has only about ______ of Earth’s gravity.
8. The air on Mars is about ______ as thick as Earth’s air.
9. Mars and Earth are not the same color. Earth is called the ______
planet, and Mars is called the ______ planet.
10. Mars probably had huge ______ in the past, but most of
the water there now is frozen.
