Life On Venus

Article Comprehension:

1) What breakthroughs have led to hopes of discovering potential alien life?

Finding liquid water on venus.

2) Why has the existence of alien life been difficult to prove?

Because of how hot it is over 864 degrees fahrenheit.

3) Why would it be easier to verify if there is life on Venus?

Because it is the closest planet to earth.

4) What makes researchers sure there is no possibility of life on Venus?

It's so hot on venus, that their have trouble believing that there is a possibility of life (864 Degrees fahrenheit).

5) What did American and Russian probes find while observing Venus?

They found that the temperature and pressure conditions might be favourable to earth.

6) Why did Harold Morowitz and Carl Sagan think there could be life in Venus’s atmosphere?

They noted that the is carbon dioxide and sunlight.

7) What did Sanjay Limaye and his team focus on for their research?

He has been focusing on shape-changing dark patches for 10 decades.

8) What did the researchers discover?

That the particles making up the patches have the same dimensions as single-celled light-emitting bacteria on earth.

9) Why did the findings lead them to conclude there is a strong possibility of some kind of life form in the clouds?

Venus also comprises largely of carbon dioxide and water droplets which contains sulphuric acid.

10) What do they need to do to confirm potential life forms?

They need to sample the clouds.

11) Why will NASA not be able to help?

Because they got their hands full because of the trip to mars is 2030.

12) What may allow the researchers to obtain the proof they need?

They are aloud to get up close and personal with our nearest neighbouring planet.

13) Why does the author not want you to get your hopes up?

They don’t expect aliens to show up.

For reading today I was reading and article about if there is or not on Venus.