Space Exploration Vocabulary Flashcard

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This craft lands on the surface of a planet and can drive around.

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Rover

Front

An uncrewed vehicle that carries scientific instruments to distant objects in space

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probe

Front

The investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and other celestial bodies through the use of satellites, space probes, or spacecraft with human crews

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space exploration

Front

a crewless spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to Earth

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space probe

Front

A vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside Earth's atmosphere

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spacecraft

Front

"atmo-" means

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gas or vapor

Front

A mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth like a blanket.

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atmosphere

Front

What protects Earth from ultraviolet rays from the sun?

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ozone layer

Front

In a single magnet, the magnetic field lines begin at the North pole of the magnet and loop around to the South pole of the same magnet.

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True

Front

Which waves are the type that can give us suntans and sunburns?

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Ultraviolet radiation