Bio Beyond Our Blue Planet Questions with Correct Answers

Bio Beyond Our Blue Planet Questions with
Correct Answers
Take a moment and consider all of the attributes of Earth. From the list below, select

the attribute(s) that make Earth unique among planetary bodies in the solar system.

You will be scored based on completion, not accuracy.

Liquid Water at the Surface

Looking at Earth to the right, what makes our planet seem blue from space?

Liquid Water

From the list below, select the factor(s) that determine whether liquid water will be

stable at Earth's surface. You will be scored on completion, not accuracy, of your

response.

Pressure of Earth's Atmosphere

Global Average Temperature of Earth

Which of the factors do you think is the most important to Earth being able to support

liquid water? You will be scored based on completion, not accuracy.

Radius of the Earth

Use the sim, then record the temperature in Kelvin here:

206.6

Using the diagram to the right, identify the distance of Mercury and Earth in AU. In the

sim, place the planet at Mercury's and then Earth's distance from the Sun.

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