UNSEEN PASSAGE
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The earth is occasionally hit by craggy remnants of creation known as asteroids. About 150 are known
to cross the earth‟s path. These lie in a loose belt between the Mars and Jupiter like so much rubble left
over from creation. The first asteroid was too faint to be seen by the naked eye. It was discovered by an
Italian monk named Giuseppe Piazzi, working at an observatory in Palermo, Sicily. The largest found so
far is about 8 km wide.
Slamming into the earth at roughly 26 km a second, a large asteroid could explode with the force of a
million hydrogen bombs, lifting enough rock and dust to block most sunlight. Cold and darkness could
last for months, destroying agriculture and probably a good part of modern civilization, leading to the
deaths of a billion or more people froth Starvation. .
“The risk is real”. Dr. David Morrison of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‟s (NASA)
Ames Research Centre in California, who was co-chairman of the study by nearly 100 scientists, said in
an interview. Dr. Morrison further says that the asteroid threat has dawned on scientists only slowly and
is hard for layman to comprehend. But the fact, he said, is that mankind lives in a kind of cosmic
shooting gallery.
Unseen Passage Questions
1. What are asteroids?
2. Where do asteroids lie?
3. Why was the first asteroid not seen by the naked eye?
4. Who discovered asteroid?
5. What can a large asteroid do by hitting the earth?
6. What does Dr. David Morrison say regarding the asteroid threat?
7. What do you know about the first asteroid?
8. Find out from the passage the word which is opposite to „slowly‟.
9. Write from the passage the word which means „small remaining quantity‟.
Answers
Answer:
according to the passage
1. Asteroid are craggy remnants of creation.
2. Asteroids lies in a loose belt between the mars and jupiter.
3. The first asteroid was too fainted to be seen with our naked eyes.
4. It was dicoverd by an Italian monk named Giuseppe Piazzi.
5. A large asteroid could explode by hitting the earth.
6. Dr.David Morrison said that the asteroid threat has dawned only scientists only slowly and is hard for lyman to comprehend.
hope its correct
Answer:
1.The craggy remnants of creation that occasionally hit Earth are known as asteroids.
2.Asteroids lie in a loose belt between Mars and Jupiter like rubble left from creation.
3.The first asteroid was too faint to be seen by the naked eye.
4.It was first discovered by an Italian monk named Giuseppe Piazzi, working at an observatory in Palermo, Sicily.
5.A large asteroid could explode with the force of a million hydrogen bombs, lifting enough rock and dust to block most of the sunlight. Cold and darkness could last for months, destroying agriculture and probably a good part of modern civilization leading to the death of a billion people or more from starvation.
6.Dr. David Morrison said that "The risk is real" regarding the asteroid threat.
7.The first asteroid was too faint to be seen by the naked eye. It was first discovered by an Italian monk named Giuseppe Piazzi, working at an observatory in Palermo, Sicily.
8.Occasionally.
9.Craggy remnants.
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