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The Solar System and Space Exploration
The Solar System and Space Exploration
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The habitable zone is not
the region around a star that does not have water
the region around a star where an orbiting planet could host liquid water
the region around a star where an orbiting planet could host life
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How is space different from Earth
nice temperatures in space
microgravity in space
vacuum on earth
the air in space has more oxygen and less nitrogen
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The inner planets can be described as
Small and made up of gases and liquids
Small and made mostly of rock and metal
Large and made up of rock and metal
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The inner planets are
Pluto, Uranus and Neptune
the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
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A planet is not/does not
Clear the neighborhood
Round
Orbit the sun
Eliiptical
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The astronomical unit (AU) of 150 million km measures
the center of the Sun and the center of the Earth
the center of the Sun to the center of Saturn
the center of any planet to the center of the any other planet
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Two things needed for life to be present are
Water and energy
Energy and rain
Water and food
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Which is true about our sun
It is the smallest object in our solar system
It is a star
It relies on light from earth's moon
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"Clear the neighborhood" means
Someone tooted
A planet does not get pulled or pushed out of its orbit around the sun
Objects come close to a planets atmoshphere and leave
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Work is done
when resistance is applied to move an object
when the lawn is mowed
when calculations are made about the distances between planets
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Pluto is
a star
a planet
an asteroid
a dwarf planet
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This planet is not in our solar system's Goldilocks zone (either because it has no water or it does not have sunlight)
Mars
Venus
Earth
Uranus
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Gravity can also be called
Free falling
Funny
Work
Attraction
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A solar system doesn't necessarily include
Planets
A star
Water
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Which is harder in space
Work such as pushing or pulling inside the aircraft
Work such as pushing or pulling outside the aircraft
Friction type work, such as turning a screwdriver
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Force is not
hitting
pushing
pulling