Resources that the Earth needs in the

year 3030
PLANET WHERE THE RESOURCE FROM OTHER REASON WHY THE EARTH
RESOURCE TAKEN PLANET NEEDS THE RESOURCE

1. Saturn 1. Hydrogen 1. Hydrogen is used

to create the
ammonium found
in fertilizer.

2. Mars 2. atmosphere 2. It absorbs harmful

ultraviolet radiation from
the sun.

3. Jupiter 3. Helium 3. To provide an inert

protective atmosphere
for making fibre optics
and semiconductors,
and for arc welding.

4. Jupiter’s Moon 4. Iron 4. It keeps the planet's

(Ganymede) atmosphere in place and
helps animals to find
their way around.

5. Saturn’s Moon 5. Nitrogen 5. Nitrogen is very stable

(Titan) in the atmosphere and is
not involved to a great
extent in chemical
reactions that occur
there.

6. Uranus 6. Hydrocarbons 6. Hydrocarbons are

highly combustible and
produce carbon dioxide,
water, and heat when
they are burned.

7. Uranus 7. Carbon 7. It helps Earth to hold

on to some of the
energy it gets from the
Sun so the energy
doesn't all leak back
out into space.

8. Uranus 8. Troposphere 8. It is important

because this layer
gives us weather.

9. Neptune 9. Stratosphere 9. The ozone layer

helps protect us from
ultraviolet radiation
(UV) from the sun.

10. Neptune 10. Mesosphere 10. The mesosphere

burns up most meteors
and asteroids before
they are able to reach
the earth's surface.