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Deserts

By almacd13 on June 28, 2014

This question set contains questions directly relating to two of Earth’s extreme environments (deserts & polar regions).

Posted in elem_ess_exe | Tagged adaptation, animal, Antarctica, Arctic, biome, cold, desert, Earth, environment, extreme, extreme environment, extremophile, hot, Inuit, plant, polar region, technology, tundra

Satellites

By almacd13 on June 19, 2014

This question set contains questions directly relating to satellites and how they contribute to space exploration.

Posted in elem_ess_exe | Tagged Earth, exploration, extreme environments, force, forces, gravity, International Space Station, ISS, microgravity, satellite, space, technology

Flight

By almacd13 on June 18, 2014

This question set contains questions directly relating to flight and it’s contribution to the exploration of it and how it led to the exploration of space.

Posted in elem_ess_exe | Tagged airplane, Canada, drag, Earth, exploration, extreme environments, flight, force, forces, gravity, lift, rocket, rockets, technology, thrust

Technology in Extreme Environments

By almacd13 on June 18, 2014

This question set contains questions directly relating to the technology used to explore all extreme environments (polar regions, deserts, deep ocean, volcanoes and space).

Posted in elem_ess_exe | Tagged Aboriginal, Canada, exploration, extreme, extreme environments, invention, ISS, Mars, robot, rover, space, survival, technology

Oceans

By almacd13 on June 17, 2014

This question set contains questions directly relating to the earth’s oceans.

Posted in elem_ess_exe | Tagged deep ocean, deep sea, Earth, environment, extreme, extreme environment, ocean, technology

Volcanoes

By almacd13 on June 8, 2014

This question set contains questions directly relating to volcanoes.

Posted in elem_ess_exe | Tagged Earth, earth’s crust, environment, extreme, extreme environment, extremophile, hot spot, lava, magma, ocean, technology, volcano, volcanologist

Extreme Environments General

By almacd13 on June 8, 2014

This question set contains a general overview about extreme environments, including what they are and characteristics of them.

Posted in elem_ess_exe | Tagged Antarctica, Arctic, deep sea, desert, Earth, environment, exploration, extreme environments, extremophile, Inuit, ocean, polar region, space, technology, volcano

Exploring Space

By Marina Milner-Bolotin on April 23, 2014

This question set contains questions directly relating to space as an extreme environment and the exploration of it. Several questions focus on Canada’s contribution to the exploration of space, including Canadian technologies used when exploring space.

Posted in elem_ess_exe | Tagged Canada, Earth, extreme environments, flight, force, International Space Station, ISS, rockets, satellite, space exploration, technology