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.

if there is a source of water and single celled organisms, life will be possible on that planet. The planet will need a atmosphere so 1. it will have its own gravity 2. and so that gas molecules ( including oxygen) will not be able to escape into space. the world population will be roughly 10.7 billion people so the planet will need to be spacious. A planet as described would be perfect if you take the right measures. if it has single celled organisms than its proven that it can and will sustain life. So, the planet has a water source, contains living organisms, is spacious, and has a atmosphere.  

There is a source of water and single celled organisms. The planet has an atmosphere so that gas molecules (like oxygen) will not be able to escape into space. The planet is spacious for all the millions of people that the Earth holds.

the backbone of the dna and rna compound is sugar phosphate.

those characteristics are cellular organization, reproduction, metabolism, homeostasis, heredity, response to stimuli, growth and development, and adaptation through evolution. some things, such as a virus, demonstrate only a few of these characteristics and are, therefore, not alive