MODIFIED MAST ASTRONOMY:COSMIC PERSPECTI
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Chapter 24, Problem 31EAP
Choose the best answer to each of the following. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentences.
31. According to current understanding, the key requirement for life is (a) photosynthesis. (b) liquid water. (c) an ozone layer.
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A radio broadcast left Earth in 1925. How far in light years has it traveled?
If there is, on average, 1 star system per 400 cubic light years, how many star systems has this broadcast
reached?
Assume that the fraction of these star systems that have planets is 0.30 and that, in a given planetary
system, the average number of planets that have orbited in the habitable zone for 4 billion years is 0.85. How
many possible planets with life could have heard this signal?
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To figure out how many light years a signal has traveled we need to know how long since the signal left Earth.
If the signal left in 1925, distance in light years = time since broadcast left Earth.
d = tnow - tbroadcast
d =
light years
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Which of the following is least reasonable regarding the concept of a habitable zone?
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M-type stars have wider habitable zones than G-type stars.
It is a region around a star where liquid water could be found on a planet's surface.
The habitable zone of a less massive star would be closer to the star.
In the course of millions of years, our habitable zone will slowly shift from Earth to Mars.
The Galactic habitable zone cannot be too close to the Galactic center because the radiation from the bright stars and supernovae in the crowded inner part of the Galaxy would probably be detrimental to life.
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MODIFIED MAST ASTRONOMY:COSMIC PERSPECTI
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