Question

Immediate action was needed, the scientists decided. Give one example each of 'defensive' and 'offensive' action mentioned in the text.

Answer 1

When the scientist decide that immediate action is needed there were two options and they were either defensive option or the offensive action.

The defensive action states that people should stay in bunkers to save their life and the offensive action was to carry out some action that would enable the comet to divert from the path, and it may be sending a spaceship with nuclear armaments to destroy the comet.

Answer 2

Explanation:

for for saving the earth the scientist had two options whether they can be offensive and defensive. the defensive was that to hide under the bunker where as the offensive was that deflect the comet from its path and this could be done by nuclear energy.