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Visuals Make sure to include the location of your image; add a caption with this information. The icy surface of Europa is shown strewn with cracks, ridges and"chaotic terrain," where the surface has been disrupted and ice blocks have moved around. || || The temperatures of the Bar from left to right in Degrees Fahrenheit it are -114.72, -56.47,1.13, 58.73, 116. ||  ||   || An artist's impression of the new planet Kepler-22b. || Euopa's scratched up surface. || Europa. || A close up of Europa's surface. || What Kepler-22b might look like. ||  ||
 * Transforming Mars into an Earthlike planet would take hundreds or even thousands of years. || [[image:http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/485660main1_PIA02590-Europa-226.jpg width="192" height="147" align="bottom" caption="The icy surface of Europa is shown strewn with cracks, ridges and " link="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/485650main_PIA02590-Europa.jpg"]]
 * [[image:http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/449/overrides/new-habitable-planet-found-kepler-22b_44917_600x450.jpg width="185" height="149" caption="Picture of Kepler-22b, part of a round-up of the best science discoveries of 2011"]]
 * [[image:http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/449/overrides/new-habitable-planet-found-kepler-22b_44917_600x450.jpg width="185" height="149" caption="Picture of Kepler-22b, part of a round-up of the best science discoveries of 2011"]]
 * [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_v-IwwMa6-RKUTyvbXZPiiSVfcKWCHdLde3w7Z3F0h_5wu0vI width="208" height="134"]]

**Works Cited** **Sources** : Include the source information for all of the magazine articles, reference sources (encyclopedias) and web site pages that were used to complete your project. The source information for encyclopedias may be found at the end or beginning of each entry in iCONN. When using periodicals, the publication information will be at the beginning or end of the article. This needs to be formatted for MLA standards. If it is not labeled 'Source Citation' it can be formatted appropriately by using EasyBib.com. You should use EasyBib for the web sites. The final Works Cited should be listed in alphabetical order by the first word of the source citation. "Milky Way." Kids InfoBits Presents: Astronomy//. Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012.// //"The Milky Way."// WMAP's Universe//. NASA, 28 June 2010. Web. 06 Mar. 2012. .// //Vergano, Dan. "Galaxy Bracketed by Big Bubbles."// USA Today// 10 Nov. 2010: 05A. Web. 6 Mar. 2012.
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 * Your Source List:**


 * 1) "Life on other planets" //Kids infoBits presents: Astronomy.// Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012
 * 2) "Ology" and "IN PICTURES: Beyond Planet Earth" American Museum of Natural History presents: Astronomy [|www.amnh.org]
 * 3) "Europa": NASA for kids
 * 4) "New Planet: Earthlike Planet Found Orbiting at Right Distance for Life" news.nationalgeograpic.com

**Life Topic: Research Focus** My topic is life on other planets or places and the conditions suitable for life. Any planet that contains conditions of possible life.
 * What is your topic?**
 * State the focus of your research:**

**Notes** ==== Include notes, statistics and facts that you will use to write your final paper. You may want to label sections of your notes to help you be more organized as you write. As you take notes from a source, you should list the source citation in the Works Cited section above. ==== __Europa__ - has temperatures near -300 to -225 degrees Fahrenheit - usual energy comes from light or radiation - gets energy from particles of Jupiter's radiation belts - found ice there - might have an ocean under ice - possible bacteria might be able to survive there

__Possible Life on Mars__

- have found Earths oldest fossil in Austrailia, from Mars - fossil contains convincing evidence that cells and bacteria were able to survive, oxygen-free, more than 3.4 billion years ago - early life was sulphur-based -- living off and metabolizing sulphur rather than oxygen for energy -- and supports the idea that similar life forms could exist on other planets where oxygen levels are low or non-existent.

__Venus__

- four billion years ago the sun was 40 percent cooler than today - Earth and Mars probably were frozen - Venus is closer to the sun and may have had warm liquid oceans and a mild climate at the time - Early life could have sprung from Venus

__Conditions that make Earth Suitable__
 * The three main conditions that make Earth suitable are the climate/temperature, atmosphere, and amount of water.**

- if it had been just 5% closer to the Sun the surface would have been too hot - if it had been just 1% farther the surface would be a frozen wasteland
 * Temperature**

- average temperature of Earth 15° C - hottest temperature ever recorded on the planet was 70.7° C(159.26 degrees Fahreinheit) and the coldest was -89.2° C

- A LOT OF WATER - 71 percent
 * Water**

- made up of two main elements, nitrogen and oxygen, make up almost 99% of the volume of clean, dry air - remaining 1% is accounted for by the inert gaseous element, argon (Ar). http://www.amnh.org/ology/features/inpics_beyond/images/14.jpg
 * Atmosphere**