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Q: Do astronauts breathe in the same air we have on earth (nitrogen and oxygen) or pure oxygen while in space?
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Gravity & Air
Q: At what point do you become weightless in space? How high up do you have to go?
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Gravity & Air
Q: How does an object get into orbit?
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Gravity & Air
Q: Why do birds fly in a "V" pattern?
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Forces of Flight, Gravity & Air
Q: Does the Earth need gravity to orbit around the sun?
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Gravity & Air
Q: Why do planets move in an elliptical orbit?
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Gravity & Air
Q: Where does the sky stop?
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Gravity & Air
Q: If gravity is magnetic why does it pull us down and other things that aren't magnets?
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Gravity & Air
Q: How do clouds float?
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Gravity & Air
Q: Why do things burn up when they enter Earth's atmosphere?
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Gravity & Air

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