Characteristics of Earth for Life

What does most every living thing need to survive?

• Steam

• Ice

• Plasma

• Liquid water

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What happens if a planet is too hot?

• The water will be nice and warm

• The water will boil away

• The water will be too cold

• The water will freeze and make ice

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What happens if a planet is too cold?

• The water will be nice and warm

• The water will be cold

• The water will boils away

• It will be like a giant snowball

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What determines where the habitable zone is located for each star?

• The star's distance from Earth

• The size of the star

• How many planets the star has

• The size of the planet

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If a planet is discovered to be in the habitable zone does that mean it has life?

• Yes

• No

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The only planet that can support life is _____________________________.

• Mercury
• Neptune
• Pluto
• Earth

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In order for life as we know it to exist, a planet must have ______________________

• heat
• animals
• liquid water
• solar energy

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Earth’s atmosphere contains water vapor and carbon dioxide. These greenhouse gases are important because they -

• are substances animals need to breathe.
• trap thermal energy in the atmosphere.
• 
  protect against magnetic particles.
• create Earth’s gravitational field.

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Which helps protect the earth from radiation?

• Water
• Atmosphere
• Mantle
• Gravity

Mars is inside the habitable zone.

• true
• false