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The document presents a scenario where a spaceship is forced to crash land in the K-System, detailing the conditions of seven planets and their moons to determine which can support life. It contrasts these findings with a comparison of Earth, Venus, and Mars, focusing on their mass, radius, distance from the sun, surface temperature, and atmosphere. The guide question prompts an analysis of Earth's unique characteristics that enable life, unlike Venus and Mars.

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Lesson 1 Activity

The document presents a scenario where a spaceship is forced to crash land in the K-System, detailing the conditions of seven planets and their moons to determine which can support life. It contrasts these findings with a comparison of Earth, Venus, and Mars, focusing on their mass, radius, distance from the sun, surface temperature, and atmosphere. The guide question prompts an analysis of Earth's unique characteristics that enable life, unlike Venus and Mars.

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ACTIVITY 1: The Earth is a Unique Planet.

Direction: Read the scenario and answer the given question.

A meteoroid has hit your spaceship! Luckily, you are passing through the K- System, which consists of a sun-like star
surrounded by seven planets, some of which have moons. Your ship has barely enough fuel and guidance ability to allow
you to select a nearby place to crash land. Below are profiles of each of the planet and moon in the K-system. Which of the
following planets have conditions that can support life? Explain your answer.

Planet 1 (closest the star) Mass: 1.5 (Earth = 1) Planet 2 Mass: 0.5 Tectonics: No activity detected.
Tectonics: Active volcanoes and seismic activity Atmosphere: Thin CO2 atmosphere detected.
detected. Atmosphere: CO2, N, and H2O Average Average Temperature: 10 degrees C Description:
Temperature: 651 degrees C Description: Thick Polar ice caps, dry riverbeds, and many craters can be
clouds surround the planet. No surface is visible seen from orbit.
through the clouds.

Planet 3 Mass: 1 Tectonics: Active volcanoes and Planet 4 Mass: 1.5 Tectonics: Active volcanoes and
seismic activity detected. Atmosphere: CO2, H2O seismic activity detected. Atmosphere: N, O2, and
Temperature: 30 degrees C Description: Liquid water ozone layer Average Temperature: 2 degrees C
oceans cover much of the surface. Volcanic island Description: Cold oceans, covered with ice along
chains make up most of the dry land. much of the globe. Some open water around
equator.

Planet 5 Gas Giant with one large moon. Moon: Planet 6 Gas giant with four large, rocky satellites
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) atmosphere. Many volcanoes (moons). Moons have no appreciable atmosphere.
and hot springs on surface. Temperatures in hot Ice detectable on one.
spots can be up to 600 degrees C. Other spots away
from volcanic heat can get as low in temperature as
145 degrees C

Planet 7 (farthest from star) Gas giant with two large moons. Moon 1: Thick methane atmosphere with high
enough pressure to keep a potential methane ocean liquid underneath. Temperature: -200 degrees C Moon
2: Covered in water ice. Ice appears cracked and re-frozen in parts, indicating a potential liquid ocean
underneath. Surface temperature -100 degrees C.
ACTIVITY 2 The Earth as a unique planet.

Direction: Examine the information provided in the table and answer the given question.

Planet Name Venus Earth Mars

Planet Mass 4.867 × 1024 kg 5.972 × 1024 kg 6.39 × 1023 kg

Planet radius 6,051.8 km 6,371 km 3,389.5 km

The average distance 108.93 million km 152.04 million km 208.19 million km


from the sun
Average surface 456 C 10 C -95 C
temperature
Atmosphere Thick Medium Thin

Guide Question:
Which of the characteristics listed in the table above allows life to flourish on Earth but not on Venus and Mars?
Justify your answer.

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