Vocabulary 1.0
Key Concepts
Vocabulary 2.0
The Solar System
Vocabulary 3.0
100
Having the conditions necessary to support life.
What is Habitable?
100
CER stands for
What is claim, evidence, and reasoning?
100
A force of attraction between two objects due to their masses
What is gravity?
100
Planets are either this or that
What is rocky or gaseous?
100
A feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sun dune
What is landform?
200
Any planet with a solid surface such as Earth or Mars
What is a rocky planet?
200
These two things are needed for a planet to be habitable
What is ENERGY and WATER?
200
A long narrow groove that forms where water, lava, or other liquids flow.
What is channel?
200
The Earth orbits the Sun because
What is the larger the mass of an object the stronger the force of gravity. Earth orbits the Sun because the Sun has a greater mass than Earth, and therefore a stronger gravitational pull
200
A series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava.
What is geologic process?
300
A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole.
What is a system?
300
These pictures represent
What is the Earth Systems? Bonus points if you can name all four (4).
300
A small piece of matter from outer space that becomes a streak of light when it falls through the Earth’s atmosphere and burns up; also known as a falling or shooting star
What is a meteor?
300
These two factors impact or has the ability to change the strength of gravitational force
What is mass and distance?
300
An object that orbits the Sun made of frozen water and dust, and has a tail of gas and dust particles that points away from the Sun
What is a comet?
400
One complete orbit made by a planet or satellite around another object (365 days)
What is revolve?
400
This geologic process forms channels that are wider in size and less curvy in shape.
What is Flowing Lava?
400
When an object moves around another object in an oval shaped path
What is elliptical orbit?
400
This celestial body separates the rocky planets from the gas planets
What is Asteroid Belt?
400
A system or thing used as an example to follow or imitate in order to learn how and why something works
What is model?
500
Explains the why and how of the evidence provided by scientist (ex. This happened because...)
What is reasoning?
500
The Flowing Water Model helps scientist see how and why this happens
What is how lakes/rivers/oceans are formed AND what they're made up of
500
A statement that answers the given question (ex. I think...)
What is claim?
500
How the Solar System is arranged can be describe as
What is by
- Rocky planets and Gaseous planets (Matter)
- Mass of planets (exception of Pluto)
- Temperatures (hot to cold)
- Celestial bodies (stars, asteroids, moons, etc.)
500
Data used to support the claim (ex. The data shows...)
What is evidence?