Mars and the Curiosity Rover Vocabulary
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- Q1What is the word for the study of the universe?extraterrestrialatmosphereastronomygeology30s
- Q2What is a chemical change with effervescence (bubbles; fizzing)?radiationcosmicOlympus Monsfermentation30s
- Q3What is a vehicle for exploring the surface of an extraterrestrial body?microbesroverorbiterPhobos30s
- Q4What is the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet?organismradiationclimateatmosphere30s
- Q5What is the science that deals with the history of the earth and its life, especially as recorded in rocks?geologyextraterrestrialPop Cultureastronomy30s
- Q6What is an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form?moleculecanalorganismorbiter30s
- Q7What is a space telescope launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remaining in operation?canalcosmicDeimosHubble Space Telescope30s
- Q8What is the average weather conditions of a particular place or region over a period of years?organicclimatecosmicgeology30s
- Q9What is the word for giving off energy through waves and particles in the form of light or heat?PhobosradiationHubble Space Telescopefermentation30s
- Q10What is the name for the smaller satellite (moon) orbiting Mars?DeimosHubble Space TelescopePhobosOlympus Mons30s
- Q11What is the word that means of, relating to, or obtained from living things?RoverPop Cultureorganiccosmic30s
- Q12What is the word that means from outside the earth or its atmosphere?moleculePhobosextraterrestrialorbiter30s
- Q13What is a spacecraft designed to go into orbit, especially one not intended to land?roverOlympus MonsDeimosorbiter30s
- Q14What is the largest and innermost of the two satellites (moons) orbiting Mars?DeimosmicrobesorbiterPhobos30s
- Q15What is a microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation?organismmicroberadiationmolecule30s