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1. Who helps monitor the health of Earth's thermal protection system? What is their contribution and how is it done?
   
2. Name a few "thermal protection" clothes that people wear when it's too cold or too hot outside.
   
3. What is protected by the Earth's thermal protection system?
   
4. What happens when the Earth loses its thermal protection system?
   
5. What does a thermal protection system protect a living organism from? What does a thermal protection system protect a space vehicle from?
   

1. Who helps monitor the health of Earth's thermal protection system? What is their contribution and how is it done?
   NASA satellites Nimbus-7, Meteor-3, and Earth probe. Learn more at NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer website.
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2. Name a few "thermal protection" clothes that people wear when it's too cold or too hot outside.
   A warm, thick coat for cold weather, to keep the body heat from escaping, and a white t-shirt and a cap for sunny weather to reflect the sun's radiation, and therefore reduce heat.
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3. What is protected by the Earth's thermal protection system?
   All living things
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4. What happens when the Earth loses its thermal protection system?
   All living things die.
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5. What does a thermal protection system protect a living organism from? What does a thermal protection system protect a space vehicle from?
   A thermal protection system protects both living organisms and space vehicles from too much heat (radiation) or too much cold.
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