Vocabulary 1
The mixture of gases surrounding a planet
What is Atmosphere
A long, narrow groove that forms where water, lava, or other liquid flows.
What is a channel.
Having the conditions necessary to support life.
What is habitable.
Mars may have had __________ on its surface before
What is water?
All the liquid water and solid water on a planet.
What is Hydrosphere.
All the living things on a planet.
What is Biosphere.
The solid part of a rocky planet.
Why Mars is called a rocky planet
What is it has a rocky surface?
A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole.
What is System
To notice how two or more things are alike.
What is compare.
A proposed answer to a question about the natural world.
What is Claim.
True or false: We can use what we know on earth to study Mars
What is true
An event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava.
What is Geologic Process.
An object, diagram, of computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to use.
What is model.
A feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune.
What is Landform.
We once went on a virtual fieldtrip to Mars. Name one thing you saw there.
What is sand, red rocks, dust, craters, the sun, etc.
A form of science communication with a claim, supported by evidence and reasoning.
What is Scientific Argument.
The process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim.
What is reasoning.
A scientist who studies the geosphere of planets in our solar system.
What is Planetary Geologist.
Name as many rocky planets as you can!
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?