ACTIVITY SHEET

Understanding Planet Earth

Compare and Contrast:
How is planet Earth similar and different from Venus and Mars? Provide possible explanations for your
observations using the information in the table.

Group 1 – How is planet Earth similar and different from Venus and Mars based on their mass,
diameter, density, gravity, and its escape velocity? Explain further.

Group 2 - How is planet Earth similar and different from Venus and Mars based on their surface
pressure, composition of the atmosphere, major greenhouse gases, mean temperature, temperature if
no greenhouse gases present? Elaborate.

Group 3 - How is planet Earth similar and different from Venus and Mars based on their changes in
temperature due to greenhouse gases, distance from the sun, orbital period, orbital velocity, length of
day and its global magnetic field? Expound.