Why Was the Kepler Space Telescope Focused on a Single

question 17

Multiple Choice

Why was the Kepler space telescope focused on a single patch of sky for many years?

• A) It was studying planets around a particular star in that patch of sky.
• B) It was trying to detect planets that repeatedly pass in front of their star.
• C) It was trying to detect which stars in that patch of sky move due to an unseen planet.
• D) One of its steering mechanism was broken, preventing it from pointing in other directions.

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Definitions:

Survival Probability

The chance that an individual, cell, or some other unit will continue to live or exist over a specified period.

Observable Variation

Differences in appearance, physiology, or behavior among individuals of a species that can be readily observed.

Alleles

Alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

Environment

The sum of all external conditions and influences affecting the life and development of organisms.