What Is Important About the Habitable Zone Around a Star

question 20

Multiple Choice

What is important about the habitable zone around a star that makes astronomers believe life could exist there?

• A) The level of electromagnetic radiation from the star is zero there.
• B) Only on the star's photspheric surface can complex organic molecules be found.
• C) Only planets in the habitable zone will have atmospheres.
• D) In the habitable zone water can exist as a liquid on the planet.

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