Solar System Project – Earth Animal Adaptation Case Study
Name: __________________________________________________________ Section: _______
Solar System Location: _________________________________________________________
ACTIVINSPIRE FLIPCHART - EARTH ANIMAL CASE STUDY
Directions: To gather information for this assignment, you will first need to conduct
a guided Google search for your Solar System location:
A) Surface Features and Landscape: (flat, mountainous, active volcanoes,
extinct volcanoes, icy surface, slushy surface, rocky surface, gaseous surface,
impact craters, polar ice caps, loose boulders, canyons, cliffs, other)
B) Surface Temperature and Gravity: (daytime temperature, night time
temperature in both Celsius and Fahrenheit, it is generally cold, hot or
variable, Surface Gravity compared to Earth)
C) Surface Atmospheric and Weather Conditions: (no atmosphere, thick
atmosphere, list of gases in atmosphere, acid in atmosphere, windy, no wind,
storms present ie: hurricanes, rain, snow or not, other weather condition)
D) Other Notable Conditions: (rings, tail, retrograde [reverse] rotation, tilted
axis, seasons, aurora lights, magnetic field, or other extreme condition)
EARTH ANIMAL CASE STUDY
1. Choose the one (1) condition at your Solar System location that stands out as
a DOMINANT CHARACTERISTIC. (ie: extremely hot, cold, steep mountains,
temperature variation extremes, bright, dark due to cloud cover, etc.)
(On the line below) SOLAR SYSTEM LOCATION / EXTREME CONDITION SELECTED:
____________________________________________/___________________________________________________
2. Choose one (1) Earth HABITAT ZONE that matches the condition above.
Where on Earth would you find a condition like that? (ie: desert, polar,
tropics, deep sea, high Himalayas,
MATCHING EARTH HABITAT ZONE: _____________________________________________________
3. Choose one (1) Earth ANIMAL that lives in the Earth habitat zone above:
CHOSEN ANIMAL: __________________________________________________________________________
4. Fill in the chart below for your chosen Earth animal:
CONDITION
ADAPTATION/BEHAVIOR
REASON