PT106.S1.Q14

PrepTest 106 - Section 1 - Question 14

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The axis of Earth's daily rotation is tilted with respect to the plane of its orbit at an angle of roughly 23 degrees. ████ █████ ███ ██ ████ ██████ ██████ ████ ██ ███ █████████████ █████████ ██ ███████ ██████ ██████ █████ ███████ ████ █ ██████ ███ ████████ ████ █████ █ ████████ ███████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ █████ █████ ███ ████████ ███ ████ ████ █████ ██████ █████ ██ ██████ ███████████ ███████ ███ ██████ ███████ █████

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The Earth’s large moon is necessary to keep the Earth’s axis tilt angle stable. This stability is necessary for the Earth to support life. Mars lacks a large moon and does not have a stable axis tilt angle. Mars cannot support life.

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Without the Earth’s moon, the Earth would not be able to support life. Mars lacks a necessary condition for life—a stable axis tilt angle. This ensures Mars cannot support life.

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14.

If the statements above are █████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ████ ██ ████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████

a

If Mars had █ ████████████ █████ ██████ █████ ████ █████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ █████

b

If Earth's Moon ████ ██ █████ ███████ ██████ ███████ ███████ █████ ██ ██████ ██ ███████ █████

c

Any planet with █ ███████ ████████ ████ ████ ███ ███████ █████

d

Gravitational influences other ████ █████ ████ ██████ ██ ██ ██████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ████ █████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██ ██████ █████

e

No planet that ███ ████ ████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ █████

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