Europa is one of the moons that revolve around Jupiter. A thick sheet of ice covers its entire surface. Many scientists believe that the ice is covering an ocean of water, and that it is possible for life to exist on Europa under the thick ice sheet. Recently, using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers spotted water vapor clouds breaking out through Europa's surface. This provided the scientists with a sign that an ocean exists under the ice sheet. Which of the following would best support the theory that life exists on Europa?

The dipole moment of the water molecule (h2o) is 6.17x10^-30 c.m. consider a water molecule located at the origin whose dipole moment p points in the +x-direction. a chlorine ion ( of charge-1.60x10^-19c , is located at x=3.00x10^-9m . assume that is much larger than the separation d between the charges in the dipole, so that the approximate expression for the electric field along the dipole axis can be used. a) find the magnitude of the electric force that the water molecule exerts on the chlorine ion. b) what is the direction of the electric force. -x-direction or +x-direction c) is this force attractive or repulsive?