Vocabulary
What is the meaning of the Latin prefix sub-? (L4b)
A. Over
B. Beside
C. Under
D. Crash
C. under
sleep in, use no more They than tiny minutes to shower time a week and subsist on a diet of rooms freeze-dried, canned or eight preserved food.
Reconstruct the sentence structure and be ready to answer why the author include these facts.
They sleep in tiny rooms, use no more than eight minutes to shower time a week and subsist on a diet of freeze-dried, canned or preserved food.
Why did the author include these facts?
Which one is not a central idea of "Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death!"
A. Chronic Boredom
B. Astronauts and monotonous travel
C. Astronauts psychological training for travel to space.
They are all central ideas of "Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death!"
What is the central idea of the text?
A. Space travel is full of excitement and adventure
B. The biggest challenge of a mission to Mars is dealing with boredom and isolation.
C. The mission to Mars is mainly about scientific discovery.
B. The biggest challenge of a mission to Mars is dealing with boredom and isolation.
Research at the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) project, funded in part by NASA, is a continuation of a long history of attempts to understand what will happen to people who travel through outer space for long periods of time. It’s more than a technical problem. Besides multistage rockets to propel a spacecraft out of Earth’s atmosphere, years of planning and precise calculations and massive amounts of fuel, traveling the tens of millions of miles to Mars will take a tremendous amount of time.
In (3) sentences, describe the importance of this paragraph in the text, "Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death."
Answers may vary.
What is a cause of reaction/incites action?
A. Agent
B. Stimulus
C. Argument
D. Claim
B. Stimulus
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Chronic boredom correlates with depression and attention deficits.
Chronic Boredom
Why is chronic boredom a problem?
A. Astronauts might miss their families.
B. Astronauts will travel to another dimension.
C. Astronauts might take risks that jeopardize the safety of the entire crew.
C. Astronauts might take risks that jeopardize the safety of the entire crew.
How does the author build the central idea throughout the text?
A. By explaining the technical aspect of a Mars mission.
B. By sharing various strategies to combat boredom and maintain mental health.
C. By detailing the physical requirements of space travel.
B. By sharing various strategies to combat boredom and maintain mental health.
Which means that astronauts will get bored. In fact, a number of scientists say that—of all things—boredom is one of the biggest threats to a manned Mars mission, despite the thrill inherent in visiting another planet. And so, attention is being paid to the effects of boredom at HI-SEAS, and on the International Space Station. But because of the causes of chronic boredom, scientists say, research facilities in Antarctica might actually provide a better simulation of the stress of a journey to Mars.
Locate the transition words in the paragraph and explain their significance to the passage.
"In fact"
This phrase is used to emphasize or reinforce the previous statement that astronauts will experience boredom. It adds weight to the idea by introducing a specific claim that boredom is a significant threat, supported by scientists.
"Despite"
This word introduces a contrast between two ideas: the thrill of visiting another planet and the surprising challenge of boredom. It highlights that even though going to Mars is exciting, boredom is still a major issue, which might seem unexpected.
"And so"
This transition shows cause and effect. It links the idea of boredom being a major threat to the fact that attention is being paid to this issue in places like HI-SEAS and the International Space Station. It explains the next steps taken as a result of identifying boredom as a problem.
"But because"
This phrase introduces another contrast, shifting the focus from the research on HI-SEAS and the International Space Station to why Antarctica might be a better location for simulating Mars missions. It explains the reasoning behind considering a different research site.
What is a way that is influenced by the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware/ without conscious awareness?
A. Conscious
B. Subconscious
C. Unconscious
B. Subconscious
Strange world Antarctica, where winter can cut scientists and crew off from the In, rest of the world for as long as ______, the isolation can lead to behavior
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In Antarctica, where winter can cut scientists and crew off from the rest of the world for as long as ______, the isolation can lead to strange behavior.
nine months
How does the author develop the central idea?
A. The author describes the problem and presents solutions.
B. The author compares and contrast stress and boredom.
C. The author gives examples and discusses space travel.
A. The author describes the problem and presents solutions.
Why are science outposts in Antarctica are of interest to space scientists, according to “Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death!”? (RI3_2)
A. The outposts are cold and dark
B. The outposts are in an isolated, high-risk environment.
C. The outposts are safe travel agent.
B. The outposts are in an isolated, high-risk environment.
Astronaut candidates go through two years of training before they’re even approved to fly. And before they are chosen to be candidates, they have to compete against thousands of other applicants. The 2013 class, for instance, had more than 6,000 applicants and only 8 were chosen. Astronauts are rigorously tested for psychological as well as physical fitness. But no mission in NASA’s history has raised the specter of chronic boredom to the degree that a Mars mission does, because none have involved such a long journey through nothingness.
In (3) sentences, describe the importance of this paragraph in the text, "Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death."
Answers may vary.
What is a conclusion based on evidence and reason?
A. Idea
B. Inference
C. Clarity
Inference
And so, some researchers there have learned to actively fend off boredom by creating what you might call a unique ___________. They celebrate a ridiculous number of holidays, both traditional and invented. You need something to look forward to, Suedfeld says, and planning the events helps change the routine. Even Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic crew found ways to put on skits and concerts.
Office Culture
list two task that makes the trip to Mars especially challenging for astronauts, as explained in “Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death!”? (
The trip takes more than eight months each way
The trip is very monotonous
Chronic boredom can endanger the mission
Traveling into nothingness is psychological warfare
Find the sentence from the text that best supports/describe why science outposts in Antarctica are of interest to space scientists, according to “Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death!”?
A. They sleep in tiny rooms, use no more than eight minutes of shower time a week, and subsist on a diet of freeze-dried, canned, or preserved food
Boredom, it turns out, is a form of stress. Psychologically, it’s the mirror image of having too much work to do, says Jason Kring, president of the Society of Human Performance in Extreme Environments, an organization that studies how people live and work in space, underwater, on mountaintops and other high-risk places. If your brain does not receive sufficient stimulus, it might find something else to do—it daydreams, it wanders, it thinks about itself. If this goes on too long, it can affect your mind’s normal functioning. Chronic boredom correlates with depression and attention deficits.
How does paragraph 6 contribute to the text as a whole? (RI5)
. It describes the effects of boredom on the brain.
Def 1. The quality of being clever, original and inventive.
Def 2. Lack of Variety of interest.
A. Monotony and Incentive
B. Ingenuity and Monotony
C. Charity and Monotony
B. Ingenuity and Monotony
It would be _________ if humanity’s greatest low were brought by the mind’s tendency to wander when left to its own devices voyage
Rearrange the sentence structure and fill in the missing word.
It would be catastrophic if humanity’s greatest voyage were brought low by the mind’s tendency to wander when left to its own devices.
catastrophic
Which sentence would be MOST important to include in an objective summary of the article? (RI2_3)
A. Scientists are studying boredom because it is one of the biggest threats to a manned Mars mission as well as other long journeys through space.
B. Scientist are getting bored and need a solution on how to conquer this.
C. Astronauts need better food.
A. Scientists are studying boredom because it is one of the biggest threats to a manned Mars mission as well as other long journeys through space.
How does the author introduce the challenges astronauts might face during a mission to Mars?
A. By highlighting the excitement of space exploration.
B. By discussing the mental strain of long-term isolation.
C. By providing scientific data on the effects of space travel.
The author describes the problem of chronic boredom likely to afflict astronauts going to Mars and then discusses solutions people have used in similar situations to help solve this problem.
C. By discussing the mental strain of long-term isolation.
And so, some researchers there have learned to actively fend off boredom by creating what you might call a unique office culture. They celebrate a ridiculous number of holidays, both traditional and invented. You need something to look forward to, Suedfeld says, and planning the events helps change the routine. Even Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic crew found ways to put on skits and concerts.
What is the connection of the paragraph to the text.
Where is the transition word, and how does it connect the ideas of the passage to the text?
Provide evidence of ways astronauts combat boredom.
And so,