Requirements For Life
Life In The Solar System
Mars
Jovian Moons
More Jovian Moons
100
What is one environmental requirement for life?
Any of the three
100
The moon has H2O in the form of?
Ice water
100
At the poles of Mars, CO2 goes from solid to gas, what is this process called?
What is sublimation?
100
Name the 4 Galilean Moons.
What are Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto?
100
The best candidate for life in the solar system.
What is Europa?
200
an environment in which life of some kind might survive, not necessarily human life.
What is Habitability
200
If we were to find life on Venus, where would it most likely be present?
In the clouds of Venus.
200
Areas of younger regions on Mars, will have less of what?
What are craters?
200
Process in which a planet and some of its moons create a pulling effect on another satellite and it is important for life.
What is tidal heating?
200
Name the two moons of Saturn which are the best candidates for life?
What are Titan and Enceladus?
300
It is less dense in solid form.
What is water?
300
Name the four planets where strong winds would immediately destroy any life that may arise.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
300
In what two places would there be water on Mars?
What are polar caps and underground?
300
The most active volcanic place in the solar system?
What is Io?
300
Name the moon that has fountains of ice particles and water vapor spraying out.
What is Enceladus?
400
molecules can not react with one another unless what is available to move them around (need both answers)?
What is a liquid or a gas?
400
Fossil evidence destroyed by reshaping the land due to what two geological processes?
What is volcanism and tectonic movement?
400
What did Mars lose that allowed H2O molecules to break apart?
What is a magnetic field?
400
What is present on Europa that creates a magnetic field?
What is a salty ocean?
400
Liquid oceans and lakes, if present on Titan, are made up of what?
What is methane?
500
The three environmental requirements for life.
What is building blocks of life, energy and liquid water?
500
Name one of the two main advantages of water?
Liquid range of temperature or water is less dense
500
Detection of methane in the atmosphere, could be due to what two things?
What is life or volcanism?
500
What type of organisms would be present on Europa, if any?
What are single celled organisms?
500
Name the six best current candidates (moons) for life in the solar system.
What are Europa, Callisto, Ganymede, Titan, Enceladus and Triton.
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