Life and Living things

What Does Life Need?

Image showing title of the video and illustrations for Air, Water, Food and Shelter.

What is the Sun?

Life on Earth

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How are living things connected? What do they need to survive? Can we find clues in the Solar System that help us find out why there is life on Earth?

Complete this quiz to discover what makes our planet so special!

Chimpanzees imaged using astronomy inspired camera technology — Chimpanzees imaged using
astronomy inspired camera technology
Credit: ARI Astro-Ecology Group

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Life on Earth

The timeline of life evolving on Earth
Credit: LadyofHats

Life on Earth has taken billions of years to evolve. Life is characterised as anything which has the following traits:

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Astronaut on EVA — An astronaut on an EVA (extravehicular activity) on the
International Space Station
Credit: NASA

Climate Change

Global Warming Indicators — Some of the indicators we use to determine the world is heating up.
Credit: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
National Climatic Data Center

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Life and Living things

What Does Life Need?

What is the Sun?

Life on Earth

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Life on Earth

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Life and Living things

What Does Life Need?

What is the Sun?

Life on Earth

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