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Assignment 2
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- What are the temperature extremes in space that a space suit must cope with? How much does a space suit cost?
- How did the sun change Mars?
- What do lava samples have in t hem? What do they do? What does it tell us about the earth’s interior?
- What does the iron and nickel in the earth’s outer core produce? How does this protect the earth?
- What visual event is a product of the earth’s magnetic field?
- How does the intense UV in space endanger astronauts?
- What percental of UV gets to the earth’s surface? How long will it take to get sunburn without the atmospheric shield? What else does the UV do to living cells?
- What molecules in the sky protect us from UV?
- Why must we use gliders to sample the upper atmosphere, and not airplanes? How high can it fly?
- What stopped the growth of the ozone hole? What has happened to the ozone hole in recent years?
- Where did the earth’s oxygen come from? What happens when oxygen molecules reach the stratosphere?
- In addition to the solar wind and UV, what is the sun’s third “weapon” that threatens the earth?
- What is the atmosphere of Venus like? Why is it so hot, even though it is not the closest planet to the sun?
- What does the earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere do to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere?
- How do rivers transfer carbon dioxide, and then trap it?
- How much carbon dioxide is being pumped into the atmosphere by humans, compared to how much produced by volcanoes?
- What was wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope at first?
- According to the data from Hubble, what will have to the earth 5 billion years from now?
Assignment 2 Answer
- What are the temperature extremes in space that a space suit must cope with? How much does a space suit cost?
Answer: The temperature extremes are 250 degrees and -250 degrees in space that a space suit must cope with. A space suit costs twelve million collars.
- How did the sun change Mars?
Answer: The solar radiation destroys Mars, making the settlers on Mars suffer from all kinds of health problems. The sun also evaporated the oceans on Mars into space.
- What do lava samples have in t hem? What do they do? What does it tell us about the earth’s interior?
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