Characteristics of Space

Which President decided that the US should enter the space race?

• President Obama

• President Washington

• President Kennedy

• President Nixon

Which of the following are essential items for human space exploration?

• Oxygen, Water, Food

• Soil, water, and food

• Shelter, oxygen, and sunlight

• Food, oxygen, and air

Why are space suits necessary for astronauts working on the surface of another planet?

• Space suits provide the weight needed to hold astronauts down on the planet's surface.

• Space suits allow astronauts to carry things that normally would be too heavy.

• Space suits make an astronaut more visible to other astronauts

• Space suits provide protection from radiation and offer normal air pressure inside.

About how much of earth's atmosphere is Nitrogen?

• 78%
• 20%
• 10%
• 85%

The entire mass of air that surrounds Earth, made up of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and trace amounts of other gases.

• Ozone Layer

• Solar Winds

• Atmosphere

• Magnetosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Gas in Earth’s atmosphere that absorbs most of the damaging high-energy ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.

• Atmosphere

• Magnetosphere

• Solar Winds

• Ozone Layer

A portion of the electromagnetic spectrum emitted by the Sun; can cause tanning, sun burning, and skin cancers.

• Ultraviolet Radiation

• Light

• Magnetosphere

• Microwaves

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Magnetic lines of force from Earth’s polar north and south, acting like a giant magnet.

• Ionosphere

• Atmosphere

• Ozone Layer

• Earth's Magnetic Field

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Which of the following characteristics of Jupiter best explains why Jupiter does not support life, while Earth does? Jupiter -

• has four moons that orbit the planet.

• has virtually no water on the surface.

• rotates on its axis once every 10 hours.

• orbits the Sun once every 12 years.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The habitable zone for the star in the diagram shown is between 200 and 250 million km away from the star.

• Planet W

• Planet X

• Planet Y

• Planet Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

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