Earth and Life

Science
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Quarter: 1 Self-Learning Module 1 Worksheet

Learning Competency:
1. describe what is a habitable zone and the conditions in order to support life
2. analyze a fictional solar system and select a planet most likely to support life; and
3. appreciate all parts of Earth’s life giving process and make an effort in taking care of
this planet.

Crash Landing Activity

Activity 1
I. Objectives
A. Analyze a fictional solar system and select a planet most likely to support life.
B. Describe what makes a planet habitable.

II. Procedure
A. Read the paragraph below.
B. Choose the possible planet you can land on.

Everything is prepared. You've got your spaceship. While on journey, suddenly it hits
a certain asteroid. Luckily, you are passing through the JAJA 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 planets and moons in the JAJA system. The information is
sketchy, but it's all your sensors had time to collect before going off-line due to the damage
caused by the Asteroid. Good luck! Hope you can choose the right Plane

List of Planets
Which is a habitable zone also known as Goldilocks’ Zone?
Planet A (closest the star) Mass: 1.4 (Earth = 1) Tectonics: Active volcanoes and seismic
activity detected. Atmosphere: CO 2, N, and H2O Average Temperature: 752 degrees C
Description: Thick clouds surround the planet. No surface is visible through the clouds
Planet B Mass: 0.3 Tectonics: No activity detected. Atmosphere: Thin CO 2 atmosphere
detected. Average Temperature: 8 degrees C Description: Polar ice caps, dry riverbeds, and
many craters can be seen from orbit.

Planet C Mass: 1 Tectonics: Active volcanoes and seismic activity detected. Atmosphere:
CO2, H20 Temperature: 30 degrees C Description: Liquid water oceans cover much of the
surface. Volcanic island chains make up most of the dry land.
activity detected. Atmosphere: N, O2, and ozone layer Average Temperature: 2 degrees C Description: Cold oceans, covered with ice
 Planet E Gas Giant with one large moon. Moon: Sulfur dioxide (SO 2) atmosphere. Many
volcanoes and hot springs on surface. Temperatures in hot 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 F Gas giant with four large, rocky satellites (moons). Moons have no appreciable
atmosphere. Ice detectable on one.
Planet G (furthest 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: -215 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.

III. Guide Question

A. What is the planet of your choice? What makes it habitable?

B. Comparing the planet of your choice to land in fictional solar system and our planet,
do they share the same in characteristics? How do they differ or in what are they similar?

After finding a possibility of an Earthlike planet in our imagination, let us go back to

our solar system and compare our planet to another terrestrial planet that is closer to it in
size and distance.

Venus, Earth and Mars

Activity 2
Direction: Contrast and compare the environmental conditions of the three planets that
are necessary in order to support life.

EARTH

MARS VENUS
Figure 2: Venn diagram of Venus, Earth and Mars
Questions
1. What are the characteristics of our planet similar and different from Venus and Mars?
2. Is there a possibility of life in Venus and Mars? Why yes and why not?

What Make Earth Habitable?

Activity 3

Objective: The students should be able to describe the characteristics of Earth that are
necessary to support Life

Directions: Complete the diagram by writing down a brief description of how each
important factor makes the earth habitable. Write your answers inside the figure.

WHAT MAKES EARTH THE

HABITABLE?

Figure 3: Diagram of what makes the Earth Habitable