PLANET RESEARCH WORKSHEET

1. WHAT IS THE ATMOSPHERE OF YOUR PLANET?

a. (What gasses? Acidic? Poisonous? Humid? Dry? Etc.)

2. HOW STRONG IS THE GRAVITY ON YOUR PLANET COMPARED TO EARTH'S GRAVITY?

3. HOW FAR IS YOUR PLANET FROM THE SUN AND WHAT IS ITS AVERAGE TEMPERATURE? (Also-
does the temperature change rapidly? extreme highs and lows?)

4. WHAT ARE COMPOSITION AND TERRAIN OF YOUR PLANET LIKE?

5. WHAT IS THE TIME CYCLE OF YOUR PLANET? (Either- how many Earth years= 1 year on your
planet, or how many Earth days=one day on your planet)

6. WHAT OTHER DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS DOES YOUR PLANET HAVE?

NOTE!! THIS INFORMATION MUST BE FACTUAL RESEARCH. DO NOT MAKE UP YOUR ANSWERS.
RECORD WHERE YOU FOUND YOUR INFORMATION.
 LIFE-FORM DESIGN WORKSHEET
Instructions:
• Each section of this worksheet must be filled out.
• Write clearly and legibly because this will be turned in with your paper.

LIFE-FORM NAME: ________________________________________

(If intelligent, what does it call itself? If not, what would humans name it?)

GENERAL PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF LIFE-FORM

HOW DOES YOUR LIFE-FORM COPE WITH THE PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE?

HOW DOES GRAVITY AFFECT YOUR LIFE-FORM?

(Low gravity worlds tend to produce thin, elongated creatures. Heavy gravity worlds might produce
short, squat creatures. Creatures in high gravity worlds probably do not fly.)

HOW DOES YOUR LIFE-FORM COPE W. THE PLANETARY TEMPERATURE?

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE-FORM'S HABITAT LIKE?

(Consider the terrain and composition of your planet)
HOW HAS YOUR LIFE-FORM ADAPTED TO THE TIME SCALE OF ITS PLANET?
(i.e. if each planet day is like 365 Earth days, it's going to change how the creature lives.)

IS YOUR LIFE-FORM MOBILE, AND, IF SO, HOW DOES IT MOVE?

HOW DOES YOUR LIFE-FORM GATHER ENERGY?

(Food? Sunlight? Etc.)

HOW DOES YOUR LIFE-FORM REACT TO OTHERS OF ITS KIND?

(Solitary? Form packs? Etc.)

DOES YOUR LIFE-FORM HAVE ANY NATURAL PREDATORS OR PREY?

(If so, how does it hunt prey or defend itself from predators)

HOW WOULD YOUR LIFE-FORM REACT TO HUMAN CONTACT AND HOW MIGHT
HUMANS REACT TO YOUR LIFE-FORM?