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| Questions/instructions:
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| %
responses 2003 ('99) |
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| y4
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| 1.
What do you think would happen if planet Earth was the furthest planet
from the sun? |
darker
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14
(20) |
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colder
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80
(79) |
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longer
years |
1
(1) |
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uninhabitable
(without above reasons) |
6
(9) |
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| 2.
Is there something you can tell me that is true for all of these planets? Prompt: Is there something that is the same for all of these planets? |
share
(rotate around) same sun |
14
(12) |
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are
in same solar system and galaxy |
4
(2) |
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are
mainly solid bodies |
0
(1) |
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are
approximately round/spheres |
17
(27) |
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all
have some gravity |
1
(1) |
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| 3.
On planet Earth we have gravity. What do you think gravity is? |
an
attractive force which objects exert on other objects |
0
(1) |
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a
force which pulls people/things down to earth |
55
(55) |
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| 4.
What would it be like if there was no gravity on Earth? |
people/objects
would not weigh anything |
2 (1) |
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people/objects
would fly off into space |
68
(64) |
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Earth
would lose its atmosphere/water |
7
(7) |
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Total
score: |
5–14 |
7
(14) |
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4 |
21
(21) |
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3 |
33
(25) |
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2 |
17
(13) |
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1 |
15
(21) |
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0
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7
(6) |
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| Commentary Overall, there is very little change between 1999 and 2003. |
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Here
is a diagram which shows our solar system.  |
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