Tardigrades: Adorable Extremophiles

What is another common name for a tardigrade?

• Sea slug

• Water bear

• Land crab

• Air fish

What scientific term is used for organisms like tardigrades that can survive in extremely harsh conditions?

• Mesophiles

• Thermophiles

• Extremophiles

• Hydrophiles

Which of these extreme conditions can tardigrades survive?

• Temperatures near absolute zero

• Pressures found in the deepest ocean

• Radiation 1000 times stronger than what kills an elephant

• All of the above

Why are scientists interested in studying tardigrades in space?

• To see if they can evolve into new species.

• To understand how life might be transmitted between planets.

• To use them as food for astronauts.

• To train them as space explorers.