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The Red Planet: teacher key

Mars, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. Mars is a red planet with two lumpy moons. A helicopter flew there.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

  1. What color does Mars look?
    • Blue
    • Red (answer)
    • Green
  2. What are the moons of Mars like?
    • Lumpy (answer)
    • Round
    • Hot
  3. Ingenuity was the first aircraft to fly on another planet. Did a helicopter fly on Mars before Ingenuity?
    • Yes
    • No (answer)
    • Two did
  4. What is Curiosity?
    • A robot rover (answer)
    • A moon
    • A lake
  5. What does lumpy mean?
    • Not round (answer)
    • Very hot
    • Made of ice

Words

  • rover: a robot car
  • lumpy: not round
  • planet: a world