Stars of spectral type A and F are considered ________.
a. reasonably likely to have Earth-like planets with complex plant- and animal-like life
b. reasonably likely to have habitable planets but much less likely to have planets with complex plant- or animal-like life
c. unlikely to have planets of any kind
d. unlikely to have habitable planets

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Answer:

B. the stars of spectral type A and F are considered reasonably to have habitable planets but much less likely to have planets with complex plant - or animal - like life.

Explanation:

The appropriate spectral range for habitable stars is considered to be "late F" or "G", to "mid-K" or even late "A". This corresponds to temperatures of a little more than 7,000 K down to a little less than 4,000 K (6,700 °C to 3,700 °C); the Sun, a G2 star at 5,777 K, is well within these bounds. "Middle-class" stars (late A, late F, G , mid K )of this sort have a number of characteristics considered important to planetary habitability:

• They live at least a few billion years, allowing life a chance to evolve. More luminous main-sequence stars of the "O", "B", and "A" classes usually live less than a billion years and in exceptional cases less than 10 million.

• They emit enough high-frequency ultraviolet radiation to trigger important atmospheric dynamics such as ozone formation, but not so much that ionisation destroys incipient life.

They emit sufficient radiation at wavelengths conducive to photosynthesis.

Liquid water may exist on the surface of planets orbiting them at a distance that does not induce tidal locking.

Thus , the stars of spectral type A and F are considered reasonably to have habitable planets but much less likely to have planets with complex plant - or animak - like life.