The best way to use a telescope to look for life on other planets is to

a. search for absorption from nitrogen in their atmospheres.
b. search for absorption from oxygen in their atmospheres.
c. search for emission lines from water vapor in their atmospheres.
d. search for carbon dioxide on their moons.


Ans: b. search for absorption from oxygen in their atmospheres.

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A. I. B. II. C. III. D. IV. E. V.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A. We would probably still exist anyway. B. We would not exist because life on Earth depends on the light produced by galaxies. C. We would not exist because we are made of material that required recycling in galaxies.

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