Life on Mars?: NASA Report Form

Name____________________________________________________ Date_______________

1. Identify the problem statement.

2. Identify the life-form by name.

3. Describe the habitat in which your life-form lives by identifying the following conditions: soil, light, temperature, and quality and availability of air and water.

   
   
   
   
   

4. Describe the characteristics of the life-form that enable it to survive the harsh environment on Mars by answering the following questions:
   • How does it breathe?

   • How does it reproduce or replicate?

   • Explain the stages of growth it experiences.

   • How does it react to stimuli such a light, heat, pressure etc.?

   • What method does it use to get nutrients? How does it use the nutrients?

   • What is the food web of the life-form?

   • What is the form and method of locomotion?

   • What special adaptations does the life-form have to cope with the extreme environment on Mars?

   • What are the social behaviors of the life-form?

   • What are the defensive behaviors of the life-form?