Assignment 2: Promising Lifeforms in Extreme Environments
Our solar system contains many interesting regions to host extra-terrestrial life.
For this assignment you are to choose a particular type of extremophile and answer the following questions.
Follow the following format (exactly) for your assignment.
What is the most promising location to find this extremophile on Earth? Why? ( 50 words)
What is the most promising location to find this extremophile on another planet or moon? ( 50 words)
Describe how these extremophiles would survive in the habitat of the planet or moon that you chose. (about 100 words)
Provide evidence we have from Earth about how these types of organisms can adapt to extreme conditions. (about 100 words)
Choose a particular type of extremophile and describe how these extremophiles would survive in the habitat of the planet or moon that you chose.
