🌍 What Is the Habitable Zone?

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☀️ What is the Habitable Zone?

The Habitable Zone is a special area around a star where a planet is not too hot and not too cold.

👉 It’s the place where liquid water can exist 💧
And water is very important for life!

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🔥❄️ Why not too close or too far?

• Too close to the star → Too hot 🔥 (water boils away)
• Too far from the star → Too cold ❄️ (water freezes)

✔️ Just right → Water stays liquid 😊

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🌎 Earth and the Habitable Zone

• Earth is in the Sun’s habitable zone
• That’s why:
  • We have oceans 🌊
  • We have life 🐟🌱👩‍👩‍👧‍👦

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🌌 Other planets

• Scientists look for planets in the habitable zone of other stars
• These planets are called potentially habitable planets

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🧠 Easy way to remember

Habitable Zone = Goldilocks Zone (not too hot, not too cold)

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🌟 Fun facts for kids

• Mars is near the edge of the Sun’s habitable zone
• Venus is too hot (too close)
• Being in the zone doesn’t guarantee life—but it helps!

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📌 One-line summary

The habitable zone is the area around a star where a planet can have liquid water and possibly life.

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