PPT-Cellular Processes: Is There Life on Other Planets?

Your Mission You are a crewmember on the interstellar ship Cosmoscout and you are on an exploration mission searching for life on other planets The commander of the ship has sent you and your crew to the surface of a newly discovered planet . The milky way. (seen from Bryce Canyon, UT). The Solar System. ?. “A . system. is a set of . interacting. or interdependent. components . forming an integrated whole” (Wikipedia). The Solar System. To Be A Planet, Or Not To Be?. Physical Characteristics . 5 - Recognized Dwarf Planets. Ceres, Pluto, . Haumea. , . Makemake. , Eris. Classification Criteria. Directly orbits the Sun (not a satellite). Dr.. Jade Carter-Bond. (Lillian’s Daughter). U3A. 6 June, 2012. Extrasolar Planets:. What they are, what we know about them, why we should care, where ET lives (just kidding!) what I’ve been doing for the last 12 years and why your tax dollars should continue to help. Automata. (Reading: Chapter 10, . Complexity: A Guided Tour. ). What is a cellular automaton? . light bulbs pictures. relation to Turing machines. “non-von-Neumann-style architecture”. invented by von Neumann . The outer planets are called Jovian or Jupiter-like.. These planets are made of gas and are several times more massive than the Earth.. The Jovian planets grew to present size in about 10 million years.. Lecture by C.P. Dullemond. Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics. Heidelberg University. Image . Credit. : NASA. The Big Questions. After C. Mordasini. > 10 billion galaxies in the Universe. 100 billion stars in each. By AJ, Aidan, Cheryl, and Emma. The Dwarf Planets. A dwarf planet is a smaller planet that shares an orbit around the sun such as an asteroid comets.. Scientists believe there may be as many as a few 100 other dwarf planets in the . The milky way. (seen from Bryce Canyon, UT). The Solar System. ?. “A . system. is a set of . interacting. or interdependent. components . forming an integrated whole” (Wikipedia). The Solar System. Your Mission:. . You are a crew-member on the interstellar ship, . Cosmoscout. , and you are on an exploration mission searching for life on other planets. The commander of the ship has sent you and your crew to the surface of a newly discovered planet, . By: Virginia. . Speirs. The Solar System. The solar system is made up of many different things. There are 8 planets in our solar system. . The Inner Planets. The inner planets are the four planets closest to the sun. The inner planets are - Mercury, Venus, Earth, . Energy and Matter. Macromolecules. Interactions between molecules . Photosynthesis. Cellular respiration. Cycles of matter. Free energy. Photosynthesis. AP Framework: 4.A.2. Holtzclaw. : . 83-91 (10.1-10.4. Protoplanetary. disk: condensation and accretion. Solar wind (beginning of fusion). Collisions continue. Planetary migration (orbits shifting). Late Heavy Bombardment (Hadean Era). Planetary Evolution. Energy releasing process in . which organisms . take in glucose and oxygen and produce carbon dioxide, water and ENERGY. Materials needed for respiration. Glucose (sugar). Oxygen. Products of respiration. Fill in the Comparing Planets Chart with what you already know about the planets.. How does Earth compare to other planets in the solar system?. S6E1c. Compare and contrast planets in terms of: size relative to earth; surface and atmospheric features; relative distance from the sun; ability to support life.