Why Is It Thought That Europa May Have Life in the Liquid

question 114

Multiple Choice

Why is it thought that Europa may have life in the liquid ocean underneath its icy crust?

• A) It receives a lot of cosmic radiation from Jupiter.
• B) The magnetic fields would be really strong to align the organic molecules.
• C) There may be thermal vents on the ocean floor heating because of the gravitational flexing from Jupiter
• D) We have sent a probe that transplanted Earth life on Europa.

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The process of evaluating and selecting long-term investments compatible with the firm's goal of wealth maximization.

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Internal Rate of Return - a financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of potential investments, representing the discount rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows from a particular project equal to zero.

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