1 |
We may think of them as a collection of fires scattered through space. |
Travelling
Spread
Rattled
Revolved
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2 |
There millions of stars are wandering about in space. |
Circling
Roaming
Traveling
Running
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3 |
Here and there we find an Immense star large enough to contain millions and millions of earths. |
Small
Intense
Huge
Hot
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4 |
Probably only one star in............... has a planet going round it at the right distance for life to be possible on it. |
100,000
1000
100
10,000
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5 |
Some four degrees above absolute zero that is about.......... degree. |
454
464
484
474
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6 |
Life needs a temperature at which substances can exist in a ............... state. |
Liquid
solid
gas
plump
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7 |
It is important to remember the............ of the event which produces our planetary system. |
Variety
Rarity
Abundance
Frequency
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8 |
Must of the matter in space is so hot as to make life on it..... |
Possible
Probably
Impossible
Likely
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9 |
Empty space is so cold that all life in it would be....... |
Freeze
Froze
Frozen
Freezes
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10 |
It is frightening because we cannot find any sign that life like our own exists anywhere in it except on the............. |
Earth
Sun
Moon
Mars
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11 |
It is frightening because of our extreme........... in the universe. |
Gathering
Loneliness
Likeness
Resemblance
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12 |
It is frightening because of the ........... of time. |
Scratches
Spaces
Stretches
Structures
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13 |
We find the universe............ because of its immense distances. |
Pleasing
Appeasing
Frightening
Enjoyable
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14 |
Our first feeling is something like............. |
Fear
Dare
Satisfaction
Pleasure
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15 |
the ........ race came into existence in some such way as this |
Animal
Human
Homo
Humane
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16 |
Life graw more and more....... |
complexion
complacent
complex
complicated
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17 |
But from these........... beginnings came a stream of life. |
Great
immense
Humble
Big
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18 |
Their warmth is coming almost entirely from the .............. which the sun pours down on them. |
Eradication
Rotation
radiation
Reflection
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19 |
The sun and the stars are all extremely hot, far too hot for life to ................. on them. |
Assist
exit
Elexit
exist
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20 |
They are teh .............. of which our earth is one. |
Planets
Stars
Plants
Comets
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