CCI02.07.01.- A needle in countless haystacks: Finding habitable worlds

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Question 1

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What do we call planets that can support life as we know it?
Answer
  • Super-Earths
  • Habitable worlds
  • Home planets

Question 2

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Water is very common in the universe, but, according to Anbar, what necessary-to-life condition are scientists searching for on other planets?
Answer
  • Water that contains an abundance of sodium ions
  • Water in its liquid state (notice or vapor)
  • Water that remains a constant temperature (with minimal variation)

Question 3

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Why does Mars have no oceans at its surface?
Answer
  • All water on Mars would turn into vapor because Mars is too close to the Sun resulting in surface temperatures that exceed water's boiling point
  • There is no water on Mars in any form
  • Because Mars is small, it has less gravity and has lost its water to space

Question 4

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Why do planets need to have an atmosphere in order for liquid water to exist?
Answer
  • Planets without an atmosphere are in a vacuum, and liquid water is unstable in a vacuum (it boils away or freezes)
  • There is no such thing as a planet without an atmosphere
  • Water enters another state of matter (called hydrogrix) when present on planets without an atmosphere

Question 5

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What makes Venus an uninhabitable world?
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  • It's atmosphere is nearly 100% carbon dioxide causing surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead (too hot for liquid water)
  • It lacks an atmosphere causing a vacuum-like environment in which no life is thought to be able to survive
  • Temperature varies so greatly between boiling hot and freezing cold, it's believed that no life forms could survive there
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