Space Unit Review

Which of these are characteristics you would not look for in a habitable planet?

• size

• color

• atmosphere condition

• distance from the sun

Why is liquid water important for a planet to be habitable?

• All living things need water for survival

• Water vapor can't be seen

• Water supplies our atmosphere with oxygen to breathe

• ice evaporates too quickly

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On Earth, water can only be found in liquid form.

• True

• False

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Why can water be found in all states on Earth?

• The moon causes tides

• Presence of Plants and Animals

• spinning of Earth's rotation and distance from the sun

• size of Earth's mass and radius

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Why is it important for habitable planets to have a central star, like our sun?

• plants convert (change) the sun's energy into food

• plants convert (change) the sun's energy into carbon dioxide

• plants convert (change) the sun's energy into water

• plants don't need the sun

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How does the sun's energy get to animals?

• animals convert it through photosynthesis

• plants eat animals that convert it to food

• animals eat plants that convert the sun's energy into food

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Which planet is ALWAYS in the goldilocks zone?

• Mercury

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Neptune

What is the MAIN reason why life can't survive on Venus?

• It's too hot

• It's smaller than Earth

• it's year is shorter than Earth's

• life can live on Venus

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What is the purpose of the ozone layer in Earth's atmosphere?

• reflects ultraviolet radiation

• produces water

• creates heat for Earth

• destroys meteors

What is the MAIN reason Earth's atmosphere is thicker than other planets?

• mass too small, gravitational pull is too weak

• mass is just right, gravitational pull is strong enough to keep atmosphere in place

• mass too large, gravitational pull is too hard

• UV rays from the sun burned away the atmosphere of smaller planets

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