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STEM 11 Lesson 1 Earth's Characteristics For Life

Earth has characteristics necessary to support life including: 1) A temperature range that allows for liquid water and permits biological and chemical reactions without breakdown of important molecules. 2) The presence of water in different forms including liquid and solid that living organisms can use. 3) An atmosphere that provides insulation from radiation, traps heat, and supplies chemicals like nitrogen and carbon dioxide needed for life. 4) A source of energy from sunlight that powers photosynthesis and some chemosynthetic organisms. 5) Nutrient cycling through processes like water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles as well as volcanism to provide essential nutrients for organisms.

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STEM 11 Lesson 1 Earth's Characteristics For Life

Earth has characteristics necessary to support life including: 1) A temperature range that allows for liquid water and permits biological and chemical reactions without breakdown of important molecules. 2) The presence of water in different forms including liquid and solid that living organisms can use. 3) An atmosphere that provides insulation from radiation, traps heat, and supplies chemicals like nitrogen and carbon dioxide needed for life. 4) A source of energy from sunlight that powers photosynthesis and some chemosynthetic organisms. 5) Nutrient cycling through processes like water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles as well as volcanism to provide essential nutrients for organisms.

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Characteristics of Earth that are

Necessary to Support Life


EARTH SCIENCE – LESSON 1
OBJECTIVES

1 2 3
identify the different describe the explain how each
factors necessary to characteristics of characteristic affects
support life in a Earth necessary to life on Earth
planet; support life;
CHARACTERISTICS OF EARTH NECESSARY TO SUPPORT LIFE

TEMPERATUR WATER ATMOSPHERE ENERGY NUTRIENTS


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It influences how quickly atoms, molecules or
organisms move.

Low temperature slows down chemical reaction


and produces ice that makes liquid water
unavailable.
Temperature
High temperature can cause break down of
important biological molecules.

In Earth’s condition, temperature is just right


to support life.
It is one of the important ingredients in the
different biological processes.

Absence of this will interfere reactions


Water necessary for life. However, solid form of this
will also hinder living organisms to use it.

Water on Earth has different forms. It is solid


(ice) in the two poles and liquid along the
equator which allows living organisms to
consume it.
It provides significant insulation or shielding from the sun and impact of small
to medium size meteorites. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO 2) and
methane (CH4) trap heat and protects our planet from freezing.

Moreover, ozone (O3) layer shields the Earth’s surface from harmful UV
radiation.

Atmosphere also provides chemicals needed for life, such as nitrogen and
carbon dioxide.

Atmosphere
The size of the planet and its distance from the sun affects its ability to hold
significant amount of atmosphere.

Earth has a right size and distance from the sun that permits it to have a right
amount of atmosphere.

The presence of gravity also helps in sustaining its atmosphere.


Earth has available energy- rich
sunlight to support life. Living
organisms like plants and
photosynthetic bacteria use light as the
source of their energy.

Some chemosynthetic organisms rely


Energy on chemical energy to support various
biological processes.

Earth is at right position from the sun


that enables it to harness enough
amount of sunlight.
It is an essential factor used to build
and maintain organism’s body
structure. Insufficient or absence of
nutrients can impede synthesis of the
different biological molecules.

Nutrients
In our planet, there are processes that
recycle nutrients. Water, carbon and
oxygen, phosphate and nitrogen cycles
are some of the examples. Volcanism
also helps in cycling the nutrients.

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