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NASA’s Kepler mission found evidence of several potentially habitable exoplanets

ID: 68710 • Letter: N

Question

NASA’s Kepler mission found evidence of several potentially habitable exoplanets, raising the possibility that life may have evolved independently outside of our solar system. If NASA found a novel lifeform, we would expect it to use energy molecules based on similar principles as lifeforms on Earth. The organism would likely use molecules with _____________ bonds. It might use two separate molecules, one serving as a rapidly utilizable energy currency and another molecule serving as long-term energy storage A.high energy B.low energy C.hydrogen D.electrostatic

Explanation / Answer

D. Electrostatic bonds

electrovalent bond, ionic bond

bond, chemical bond - an electrical force linking atoms.

electrostatic bond - a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion

electrovalent bond, ionic bond

bond, chemical bond - an electrical force linking atoms.