Vocabulary
Having the conditions necessary to sustain life.
Habitable
Interacting parts forming a complex whole are called...
Systems
What geologic process could have formed the channel on Mars?
Lava or Water
The answer to the investigative question.
What is Claim?
Models represent the natural processes being investigated in important ways, but they are not exactly the same.
What was something we did during this unit that taught you that?
flowing water model
a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
Landform
The mixture of gases surrounding a planet is called...
Atmosphere
Name the 4 rocky planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Any data that supports the claim.
What is Evidence?
Scientists participate in _________ to find the best explanation for a question about the natural world.
Scientific Argumentation
any planet with a solid surface, such as Earth or Mars
Rocky Planet
All living things on a planet are called...
Biosphere
What does a planet need in order to be habitable?
water and a source of energy
Explains how the evidence supports the claim.
What is Reasoning?
A scientific Argument....begins with a
QUESTION
a long, narrow groove that forms where water, lava, or other liquid flows
channel
All the liquid water and solid water (ice) on a planet is called...
Hydrosphere
When landforms on different rocky planets looks similar, it is evidence that they may have been formed by the same geologic process.
true
Drinking cola is bad for your health. Cola contains 4-mel, which is a caramel coloring ingredient that has caused cancer in lab rats. Many things that are bad for rats are bad for other living things, such as humans. Therefore, drinking cola is a harmful to the health of humans.
What is the claim in this argument?
Drinking cola is bad for your health.
This phase change occurs when a liquid gains enough energy for its particles to escape into the gas phase.
Evaporation
an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava
geologic process
The solid part of a rocky planet is called...
Geosphere
Landforms disappear after the geologic process that formed them stop happening.
false
Drinking cola is bad for your health. Cola contains 4-mel, which is a caramel coloring ingredient that has caused cancer in lab rats. Many things that are bad for rats are bad for other living things, such as humans. Therefore, drinking cola is a harmful to the health of humans.
What is the evidence in this argument?
Cola contains 4-mel, which is a caramel coloring ingredient
What is the other type of planet, not rocky planets but
gaseous planet