1. Spore Activity 2: Life Student sheets
Copymasters
Contents
Student Sheet 1
Tour of the Solar System
Student Sheet 2
Solar System Poster: Mercury
Student Sheet 3
Solar System Poster: Venus
Student Sheet 4
Solar System Poster: Earth and Moon
Student Sheet 5
Solar System Poster: Mars
Student Sheet 6
Solar System Poster: Ceres
Student Sheet 7
Solar System Poster: Jupiter and moons
Student Sheet 8
Solar System Poster: Saturn and Titan
Student Sheet 9
Solar System Poster: Uranus and Miranda
Student Sheet 10
Solar System Poster: Neptune and Triton
Student Sheet 11-13
Journey to Intelligence game sheets
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2. Very large size? (at least 4 times bigger than Earth)
Spore Activity 2 Tour of the Solar System
Student Sheet 1
Object
Atmosphere?
Liquid water?
Very large size? (at least 4 times bigger than Earth)
A moon in orbit
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Moon
Mars
Ceres
Jupiter Io
Europa/Ganymede /Callisto
Saturn
Titan
Uranus
Miranda
Neptune
Triton
Write down your observations about each planet or moon.
What do you think makes a planet habitable for life?
How many objects in the Solar System definitely have life? 2

3. Spore Activity 2 Solar System poster: Mercury
Student Sheet 2
Mercury
Atmosphere: None
Average surface temperature: 167 ºC
Size compared to Earth: 1/3
Moons: 0
Notes: there could be ice in deep craters that don’t get any sunlight. 3

4. Spore Activity 2 Solar System poster: Venus
Student Sheet 3
Venus
Atmosphere: Carbon dioxide
Average surface temperature: 464 ºC
Size compared to Earth: About the same
Moons: 0
Notes: Venus has a thick cover of cloud, and rains sulphuric acid. 4

5. Spore Activity 2 Solar System poster: Earth and Moon
Student Sheet 4
Atmosphere: Nitrogen/ oxygen
Average surface temperature: 15 ºC
Size compared to Earth: 1
Moons: 1
Notes: the atmosphere is 21% oxygen, which is generated by plants.
Earth
Notes:
Earth’s companion, but much smaller. Ice may exist in deep craters near the poles. Otherwise no water.
Moon 5

6. Mars Notes: Earth’s nearest neighbour.
Spore Activity 2 Solar System poster: Mars
Student Sheet 5
Mars
Atmosphere: Carbon dioxide
Average surface temperature: –65 ºC
Size compared to Earth: 1/2
Moons: 2
Notes: Earth’s nearest neighbour. 6

7. Ceres Spore Activity 2 Solar System poster: Ceres Student Sheet 6
Ceres is an asteroid. It has a diameter of about 950 km (which is much smaller than Earth). The surface of Ceres is probably made of a mixture of water ice and various carbonates and clays.
It may have an ocean of liquid water underneath its surface. 7

8. Jupiter Main moons of Jupiter
Spore Activity 2 Solar System poster: Jupiter and moons
Student Sheet 7
Atmosphere: Hydrogen/helium
Average surface temperature: 110 ºC
Size compared to Earth: 11 times
Moons: 63
Notes: Jupiter is a gas giant. It may have a solid core, but this would be small.
Jupiter
Main moons of Jupiter
All of Jupiters moons are much smaller than Earth, although the largest one, Ganymede, is bigger than Mercury.
Io is volcanic. It gets its heat from the stretching and pulling of Jupiter’s gravity as it orbits.
Europa, Ganymede and Callisto are all ice moons. 8

9. Saturn Titan: moon of Saturn
Spore Activity 2 Solar System poster: Saturn and Titan
Student Sheet 8
Saturn
Atmosphere: Hydrogen/ helium
Average surface temperature: –140 ºC
Size compared to Earth: 8 times
Moons: 47
Notes: Saturn is a gas giant. It may have a solid core, but this would be small.
Titan: moon of Saturn
Titan has had a space probe land on it. It has an atmosphere, but it is very cold (-180 ºC) and any water would be frozen solid. It is smaller than Earth. 9

10. Miranda: moon of Uranus
Spore Activity 2 Solar System poster: Uranus and Miranda
Student Sheet 9
Atmosphere: Hydrogen/ helium
Average surface temperature: –195 ºC
Size compared to Earth: 4 times
Moons: 27
Notes: Uranus is a gas giant. It may have a solid core, but this would be small.
Uranus
Miranda is very small (it has a diameter of 470 km). It is made of solid ice.
Miranda: moon of Uranus 10

11. Triton: moon of Neptune
Spore Activity 2 Solar System poster: Neptune and Triton
Student Sheet 10
Atmosphere: Hydrogen/ helium
Average surface temperature: –200 ºC
Size compared to Earth: 4 times
Moons: 13
Notes: Neptune is a gas giant. It may have a solid core, but this would be small.
Neptune
Triton is about the same size as Earth’s moon. It is made of ice and rock. It is unlikely to have any liquid water.
Triton: moon of Neptune 11

12. Spore Activity 2 Journey to Intelligence: page 1 Student Sheet 1112

13. Spore Activity 2 Journey to Intelligence: page 2 Student Sheet 1213

14. Spore Activity 2 Journey to Intelligence: page 3 Student Sheet 1314