Tasks for the Summative
assessment for the Unit “Space and Earth” 7 th
grade
Grade________
Name___________________
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Listening: listen carefully
and complete with words
Cosmologists, astronomers and
space engineers are predicting that 2021 will be a great year for
1)_________exploration. An increasing number of countries and
commercial companies are investing in technology to venture into
the heavens. Entrepreneurs like SpaceX's Elon Musk and Virgin
Galactic's Richard Branson are setting their sights on space
tourism and sending astronauts to Mars. What once seemed like
science fiction is quickly becoming space fact. Such are the
advances in technology, we might no longer be surprised at news of
2)_________being mined, Mars being colonised, or of new forms of
holidays, such as get away weekend breaks to the
3)____________.
The year will start with an
exciting project that will help scientists better understand
4)____________. NASA will launch its Q-PACE probe on January the
15th. This will study the collision of small particles in space to
provide an insight into how 5)__________originally formed. A month
later, NASA's Perseverance rover will land on Mars. This mission
will test for signs of possible past microbial life. NASA said:
"Returning samples of Mars to 6)_____________has been a goal of
planetary scientists since the early days of the space age." In
October, the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the
Hubble 7)_____________, will launch into space. Its mission is to
observe the first galaxies that formed in the early
universe.
Total:
7p
II.Speaking
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What would happen if alien
life came to Earth?
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What do you think space
exploration will be like in 100
years?
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What questions would you like
to ask the astronomers?
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What images are in your mind
when you hear the word
'space'?
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What do you know about
space?
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How important is space
exploration?
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How good is the job of an
astronomer?
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What do you think of get away
weekend breaks to the Moon? Total:8p
Assessment criteria:
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Uses
related vocabulary -1 p
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Uses
adverbs of possibilities (definitely, probably, certainly)-2
p
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Uses
Present Continuous /will/ be going
to-2p
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Speaks
correctly and gives full answers-2
p
Total: 15 p
Mark
scheme
Listening and
Reading
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Mark
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Additional
information
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1
2
3
4
5
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space
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1
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asteroids
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1
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Moon
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1
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the
universe
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1
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planets
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1
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Earth
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1
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Telescope
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1
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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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If alien life came
to Earth….
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1
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Space exploration
will be like in 100 years…
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1
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I would like to ask
the astronomers…
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1
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…..are in my mind
when I hear the word 'space'
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1
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I know
….
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1
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In my mind space
exploration is important
because…
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1
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I think this job
is…
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1
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I would/not / like
to spend my weekend on Mars
because….
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1
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1
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1
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Total
marks
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15
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