With this activity students will use planetary maps to compare the environmental conditions of Pluto and its moon Charon to those on Earth. They will understand the conditions needed for life to exist, and be able to explain why it cannot exist on Pluto or Charon.

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We all live on a small planet within the Solar System

We all live on a small planet within the Solar System

Source: AstroEdu – International Astronomical Union