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WorksheetsWelcome to the Habitable Zone!
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
protect against magnetic particles.
What is the goal of the Kepler mission?
Survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way Galaxy to discover dozens of Earth-sized planets in or near teh habitable zone.
Survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover dozens of Earth-sized planets in or near the in-habitable zone.
Survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover dozens of Mercury-sized planets in or near the habitable zone.
Survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover dozens of Earth-sized planets in or near the habitable zone.
If a planet was positioned half in & half out of the habitable zone it would be able to...
Sustain life because it half of the amount of water will be in liquid form.
Possibly sustain life based on having some water being in liquid form & geothermal activity.
Not support life because half of the water is frozen.
Partially support life, but half of the organisms will freeze when the planet rotates halfway out of the habitable zone.
Scientist search for planets similar to earth based on these characteristics...
The number of other planets that surround the star similar to our Sun.
Distance from star & number of moons the planet has.
The color & size of the star.
Proximity, temperature, and mass of a nearby star.
