Space
What powers the space ship?
Solar Panels
What is the name of the area of groundwater where it is saturated?
Zone of Saturation
Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall?
tundra
Which planet is covered in water?
Earth
When rocks are broken down into smaller pieces
weathering
What is it called when they fix the spaceship?
Space walk
What is the area underground where there is not any water?
Zone of Aeration
Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator?
tropical forest
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
When water, ice and wind move particles of rock and soil from one place to another
erosion
Why do Astronauts have to exercise while in space?
So they can lose bone density/and keep mass in thier body
The name of the area that is the upper level of the zone of saturation?
Water Table
Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?
rain forest
Which planet is the hottest?
Venus
A mass of ice that covers a large area and moves slowy
glacier
This is done to food to help it last longer while in space
dehydrated
Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:
Groundwater
Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small reptiles, and coyotes?
Desert
Whats the coldest planets?
Uranus
Water, wind, gravity, ice, plants are all part of this kind of weathering Chemical or Mechanical
Mechanical
An un-piloted spacecraft is called a
probe
A substance has a low permeability when:
Water CAN'T Flow through easily
Which biome receives between 0 and 25 centimeters of precipitation each year, has a temperature range from -27 to 5 degrees Celsius, has frozen soil, and is home to hares, caribou, and wolves?
tundra
what's the planet might we travel to?
Mars
Sand dunes normally shift position through the action of:
Wind