At the End of the Mission of Galileo in 2003,the

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Multiple Choice

At the end of the mission of Galileo in 2003,the spacecraft was sent to burn up in the atmosphere of Jupiter.Why was it not just left floating in space?

• A) The last part of the mission was a final probe of Jupiter's atmosphere.
• B) It was feared Galileo might some day crash on Europa and contaminate its oceans with biological organisms from Earth.
• C) It was feared the new Cassini spacecraft might crash into it.
• D) Galileo carried a nuclear reactor,and the spacecraft was destroyed to prevent possible radioactive contamination.

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Definitions:

Randomized Block Experiment

An experimental design in which subjects are first divided into blocks based on certain inherent characteristics, and then within each block, treatments are randomly assigned to subjects to control for the block effects.

Variation

The degree to which data points in a statistical distribution or data set diverge from the average or mean.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution, minus the number of parameters estimated.

Number of Treatments

The total count of distinct experimental conditions applied in research to assess their effects on outcomes.