Instructions Imagine yourselves on an interstellar voyage. Unfortunately, your spaceship suffers mechanical problems and is forced to land. Luckily, you are passing through the Nognog System, which is composed of a sun-like star surrounded by seven planets, some of which have moons. The profiles of planets and moons of the Nognog System are listed in Table 2. You are to decide the best place to land the spaceship. Instruction: Which of these planets should be your choice for crash landing? Support your answer. Explain also why other planets cannot be a suitable place to take refuge. Use the given matrix on the “Factors that Make a Planet Habitable” to identify which planet has the most habitable environment to live in and which is not. A. Planet 1 (closet to the star) Mass: 1.5 (Earth = 1) Tectonics: Active volcanoes and seismic activity detected Atmosphere: CO2, N, and H20 Ave. Temperature: 651 degrees Celcius Description: Thick clouds surround the planet. No surface is visible through the clouds. Is this planet habitable? Yes or No. Explain. B. Planet 2 Mass: 0.5 Tectonics: No activity detected Atmosphere: Thin CO2 Atmosphere detected Average Temperature: 10 deg Celcius Description: Polar ice caps, dry Riverbeds Is this planet habitable? Yes or No. Explain.

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)

9th Edition

ISBN:9780134746241

Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

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Imagine yourselves on an interstellar voyage. Unfortunately, your spaceship suffers mechanical problems and is forced to land. Luckily, you are passing through the Nognog System, which is composed of a sun-like star surrounded by seven planets, some of which have moons. The profiles of planets and moons of the Nognog System are listed in Table 2. You are to decide the best place to land the spaceship.

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Which of these planets should be your choice for crash landing? Support your answer. Explain also why other planets cannot be a suitable place to take refuge.
Use the given matrix on the “Factors that Make a Planet Habitable” to identify which planet has the most habitable environment to live in and which is not.

A. Planet 1 (closet to the star) Mass: 1.5 (Earth = 1) Tectonics: Active volcanoes and seismic activity detected Atmosphere: CO2, N, and H20 Ave. Temperature: 651 degrees Celcius Description: Thick clouds surround the planet. No surface is visible through the clouds.

Is this planet habitable? Yes or No. Explain.

B. Planet 2 Mass: 0.5 Tectonics: No activity detected Atmosphere: Thin CO2 Atmosphere detected Average Temperature: 10 deg Celcius Description: Polar ice caps, dry Riverbeds

Is this planet habitable? Yes or No. Explain.

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