What Was the Stardust Mission

question 37

Multiple Choice

What was the Stardust mission?

• A)a mission to study the composition of an asteroid by hitting it with a massive object and observing the material thrown into space
• B)a mission to study the outer planets of the solar system by sending a probe from one to the next with a wide variety of instruments
• C)a mission to study the composition of a comet by collecting material from its tail and return that material to Earth
• D)a mission to study the surface structure of a comet by dropping a lander onto its surface

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Definitions:

Stimulus

An external event or condition that influences an organism's behavior or physiological response.

Response

A reaction or reply to a stimulus or situation.

Conditioned Stimulus

A neutral stimulus that, once linked with an unconditioned stimulus, ultimately initiates a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without prior learning or conditioning.