ORIGIN AND

STRUCTURE
OF THE EARTH
(PLANET EARTH)
QUARTER 1 – MODULE 1.1
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
EARTH THAT SUPPORTS LIFE.
• EXPOUND HOW THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE EARTH SUSTAIN THE NEEDS OF A LIVING
ORGANISM.
L I F E
 SOLAR SYSTEM
• COMPOSED OF THE SUN AND THE EIGHT
MAJOR PLANETS REVOLVING AROUND
IT.
• AMONG THOSE EIGHT PLANETS, ONLY
ONE CAN SUPPORT LIFE WHICH IS THE
EARTH – THE PLANET WE LIVE IN.
• THERE ARE ONLY TWO MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
FOR A PLANET TO BECOME HABITABLE.
1. THE STAR SHOULD SURVIVE LONG ENOUGH FOR ITS
PLANETS TO DEVELOP LIFE WHICH MEANS A MEDIUM-
MASS STAR, SUCH AS THE SUN, CAN SURVIVE LONG
ENOUGH FOR LIFE TO DEVELOP.
2. THE PLANET MUST BE LOCATED IN THE GOLDILOCKS
ZONE.
– A REGION IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE WATER COULD
REMAIN LIQUID.
 EARTH
• THE ONLY PLACE IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE
CONFIRMED TO HOST LIFE AND IS THE ONLY ONE
KNOWN FOR SURE TO HAVE LIQUID WATER IN THE
SURFACE.
• THE UNIQUE PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
1. IT HAS LIQUID WATER.
2. PLATE TECTONICS
3. IT HAS ATMOSPHERE THAT SHELTERS IT FROM THE
 EARTH
• THE ONLY PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT HAS A
LARGE AMOUNT OF LIQUID WATER.
• ABOUT 70% OF THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH IS
COVERED BY LIQUID OR FROZEN WATER.
• IS SOMETIMES CALLED “BLUE PLANET”.
• IT CAN PROVIDE WATER, OXYGEN, USEFUL
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN, AND HAS
SUITABLE WEATHER AND CLIMATE.
ACTIVITY 1: COMPARE AND CONTRAST. WHAT ARE
THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG
THESE THREE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS?
• EARTH, VENUS, AND MARS MAY HAVE
SIMILARITIES:
1. THEY ALL ARE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS, MADE OF SOLID
ROCKS AND SILICATES.
2. THEY ALL HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE.
3. THEY ALL ALMOST HAVE THE SAME TIME TO ROTATE ON
THEIR AXES.
4. EARTH AND MARS BOTH HAVE WATER.
5. VENUS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE EARTH'S TWIN PLANET. IT
HAS A VERY SIMILAR SIZE AND MASS WITH THE EARTH.
6. THEY ALL HAVE CARBON DIOXIDE.
•EARTH, VENUS, AND MARS MAY
HAVE DIFFERENCES:
1.VENUS HAS NO WATER.
2.VENUS AND MARS DON’T HAVE
OXYGEN.
3.EARTH HAS LIFE FORMS.
 JOVIAN PLANETS
• (THE FOUR REMAINING GAS
GIANTS), ARE MAINLY COMPOSED OF
GASES.
• THERE IS NO LAND WHERE
ORGANISMS CAN LIVE.
THANK YOU AND
GOD BLESS!
ANY QUESTIONS?