Planet Profile: Introductory Discussion Notes

 

Is there life on other planets?

Could there be life (as we know it) on other planets?

What conditions would be necessary?

Probe deeper: e.g. if they say that ÒfoodÓ is a necessary condition, ask where food comes fromÉ

 

What about time?É. on Earth, what determines how long a day is? What determines how long a year is? Would life be different, or even possible if the day/year were different? What kind of life could/could not survive?

 

What about gravity? What causes earth to have the amount of gravity it has? How would life be different with greater or less gravity?

 

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