Your conclusion will include a summary of the lab results and an interpretation of the results.
Please answer all questions in complete sentences using your own words.
1. Using two to three sentences, summarize what you investigated and observed in this lab.
2. You completed three terra forming trials. Describe the how the sun's mass affects planets
in a solar system. Use data you recorded to support your conclusions.
3. In this simulation, the masses of the planets were all the same. Do you think if the masses
of the planets were different, it would affect the results? Why or why not?
4. How does this simulation demonstrate the law of universal gravitation?
5. It is the year 2085, and the world population has grown at an alarming rate. As a space
explorer, you have been sent on a terraforming mission into space. Your mission to
search for a habitable planet for humans to colonize in addition to planet Earth. You
found a planet you believe would be habitable, and now need to report back your
findings. Describe the new planet, and why it would be perfect for maintaining human
life.