Name: Ariel D.

Bajenting Section: 11-Gold

“Earth and Life Science”

*WHAT I KNOW
1. D 7. D 14. A
2. B 8. A 15. B
3. B 9. D
4. D 10. D
5. B 11. D
6. D 12. D
7. D 13. D
*WHAT'S IN
*THE CHARACTERISTICTS OF THE PLANET EARTH THAT MAKE IT DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE
OTHER PLANETS IS THAT EARTH HAS LIQUID WATER. IT ALSO HAS A SOLID AND ACTIVE
SURFACE WITH MOUNTAINS AND SO MUCH MORE.
*WHAT'S NEW
1. THE FACTORS THAT MAKE THE PLANET HABITABLE ARE THE TEMPERATURE, ATMOSPHERE,
ENERGY, AND NUTRIENTS USED TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN AN ORGANISM BODY.
2. THE CHARACTERISTICTS OF PLANET EARTH THAT MAKES IT HABITABLE ARE IT HAS THE RIGHT
DISTANCE FROM THE SUN. IT HAS PROTECTED FROM HARMFUL RADIATION BY IT'S MAGNETIC
FIELD.(3) IT IS KEPT WARM BY AN INSULATING ATMOSPHERE AND, IT HAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT
OF INGREDIENTS FOR LIFE,INCLUDING WATER AND CARBON.
*WHAT'S MORE
- MARS HAS THIN ATMOSPHERE, WHILE VENUS HAS VERY THICK ATMOSPHERE
- VENUS IS HOTTER THAN EARTH, MARS IS COLDER THAN EARTH
*ASSESSMENT
1. D 8. B 15. D
2. C 9. D
3. D 10. D
4. B 11. D
5. D 12. D
6. D 13. D
7. A 14. C
*What I Can Do
1. The first thing we would need to do is increase the planetary temperature. This could be
accomplished with the construction of giant orbital mirrors focused on the poles. The focused
sunlight would melt the trapped dry ice, thickening the atmosphere.
2. We could introduce cyanobacteria to convert the atmospheric carbon dioxide into oxygen,
and eventually nitrogen fixing organisms to convert ammonia into nitrogen. We could also mine
nitrogen from the Venusian atmosphere.
3. Mars is tectonically dead, so it has no significant global magnetic field. Colonists of Mars
would be exposed to significantly more radiation on Mars as Earth. The lower gravity would
also be a significant change. It would take centuries, perhaps even millennia, but one day
humanity could walk on Mars' surface unaided.
4. Mars' atmosphere could likely be thickened to the low 70000 to mid-80000. Temperatures at
the equator are tolerable on Mars even now, reaching over 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The Polar
Regions would likely be too cold for humans to endure, but much of the planet would be fairly
comfortable.
5. It will take centuries to terraform Mars and an unimaginably large commitment of both
capital and manpower, but theoretically it is possible.

*Additional Activities
My Planet is called Earth. It is located in the Milky Way.
The weather is hot It would have a very abundant kinds of organisms.
The individual who live there are called are called human
The individual look like this. The planet looks like this.