Qudurat GAT Practice
Reading comprehensionQuestion 263 of 550

A satellite is an object made by people that goes around the Earth on a fixed path called an orbit. Rockets push it into space. Then it keeps moving around the Earth because of its speed and the pull of Earth's gravity. The first satellite that people sent into space was launched in 1957. There are many kinds. Communication satellites carry television and phone calls between continents. Weather satellites take pictures of clouds and help to forecast the weather. Navigation satellites find our position on maps in phones and cars. Each satellite works for a fixed period. Then it stops and may stay in space as debris. This worries scientists because the orbits are getting crowded.

Question: We can infer that crowding of the orbits with debris:

  1. may put working satellites at risk
  2. makes satellites faster
  3. improves television broadcasts
  4. lowers the Earth's gravity
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Correct answer: may put working satellites at risk

The debris stays in the same orbits where working satellites move, so it is a danger to them.

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