Comparing
Earth and Rocky Planets
Using Models as Evidence
Analyzing
New Evidence
Random Science Questions
Skills in Scientific Argumentation
100

Water and Energy have been described as the reason why planets might be considered as this

What is habitable?

100

Gerya created an example of this to test his idea about novae formation on Venus

What is a model?

100

These 3 adjectives are the main characteristics that most flowing water channels have

What are narrow, curved, and branching?

100

This is the formula for water

What is H2O?

100

This is the first step in a scientific argument

What is a question?

200

These planets have solid surfaces that have been changed over time

(use our vocabulary word used to describe these planets)

What are rocky planets?

200

In our model this unit, This was used because of its thick consistency and what happens when it cools to model how lava moves

What is wax?

200

When water travels through a landform, it wears down different pieces of rock. Those pieces of rock are called this:

What is sediment?

200

These are three states of matter

What are solid, liquid, and gas?

200

when formulating an argument, this connects evidence to your claim

what is Reasoning?

300

This planet has frozen water at its poles and it is said to have a system that is most like Earth's

What is Mars?

300

This factor can play a role on how deep and narrow a channel can become

What is slope of the ground? 

300

At the base of a mountain, flowing water channels' sediments spread out to form this kind of landford

What is an alluvial fan?


300

This is the smallest unit of a living thing

What is a cell?

300

These are the four parts of a scientific argument.

What is question, claim, evidence, reasoning

400

These scientists have allowed us to use our knowledge about Earth to study if other planets were once habitable

What are Planetary geologists?


400

In our model, we used A bucket of water with a tube and the tray of sand to represent this geologic process

What are flowing water and the geosphere?

400

This type of rock is formed when sediments are pressed and cemented together over time and are found near flowing water channels

What is Sedimentary rock?

400

The amount of time it takes for the Earth to rotate on its axis

What is 24 hours?

400

In order for a website to be reliable, you should be looking for websites with this ending

what is .org or .gov

500

The interactions between these forces are what drive our planet to remain in balance  

What are the four spheres?

500

A long, narrow groove called this leaves evidence of a planet's past

What is a channel?

500

When lava cools and hardens it forms these kinds of rock that are often black in color 

What are igneous rocks?

500

This is the main source of energy in our solar system

What is the Sun?

500

This sentence is a proposed answer to the investigation question for a scientific argument

What is a claim?

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