Vocab 1
When a place has the conditions necessary to support life.
Habitable
The hydrosphere of a planet deals with
All of the bodies of water on that planet.
A planet with a solid surface like Earth or Mars
Rocky Planet
Plants, bugs, and lizards are apart of this sphere...
Biosphere
Jupiter and Saturn are both rocky planets. True or False
False
The interacting geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere make up a ________________ for the planet.
System
An, object, diagram or computer program that helps us understand something because it makes it easier to see and study is a
Model
When a claim is supported by many forms of evidence, then there is _______________
Reasoning
Ice caps on a planet is apart of what sphere?
Hydropshere
What are the four rocky planets in our solar system?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Features that forms on the surface of a planet, such as mountains, channels, or sand dunes.
Landform
This is communicated as numerical data, observation, picture data, model data or video data, that is used to support a claim
Evidence
Comparing landforms on different rocky planets could be evidence that they were formed by the same geologic process.
A long, narrow groove that forms where water, lava, or other liquids flow
Channel
Mount Everest is apart of what sphere?
Geosphere.
The geosphere of the a planet deals with
All of the landforms, the surface and rock of a planet
An event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava.
Geologic Process
What are two things that a planet must have for it to be habitable?
What is a proposed explanation based on limited evidence?
Claim, or Hypothesis
How can scientist test their ideas and get evidence about processes in the natural world that are difficult to observe?
They can use models.
The atmosphere of a planet deals with
All of the gases and weather patterns for that planet
A proposed answer to a question about the natural world
Claim
What does C.E.R. stand for?
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
Why is the channel on Mars important for scientist to study?
If the channel was created by water, then the planet may have once been habitable.
How did the geologist Gerya confirm his idea about how Novae formed?
He compared his model with the domes on Venus and his results matched.