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jwb375 · **on:** Jul 27, 2018

Discuss the important features that allow space-based telescopes to search for transiting exoplanets.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What type of stresses broke Earth's lithosphere into plates?

A) impacts of asteroids and planetesimals
B) internal temperature changes that caused the crust to expand and stretch
C) the circulation of convection cells in the mantle, which dragged against the lithosphere
D) cooling and contracting of the planet's interior, which caused the mantle and lithosphere to be compressed
E) volcanism, which produced heavy volcanoes that bent and cracked the lithosphere

k.lashomb · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Space-based telescopes are exceptionally stable spacecraft, so that they can track small changes without shifting. They are positioned to continuously monitor a region of the sky, and they are not limited to Earth's nighttime-only viewing. They have wide fields of view compared to most space telescopes, so they can monitor thousands of stars at once.

Answer to Question 2

C