Vocab
An event that causes a change in the geosphere or rocky ground
What is a geologic process
We use this as a way to test how something was formed.
The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
What is the atmosphere.
These are the four rocky planets
What is Earth, Mars, Venus, and Mercury
A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
What is a system
A model that shows flowing water can represent what natural process
The solid, rocky surface of a planet
What is the Geopshere
The four interacting systems of Earth
What is biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere
Having the conditions necessary to support life
What is habitable
An angled model, such as our sand table on stacked books represents what?
What is a natural slope, elevation, or incline
The region of the Earth Occupied by living things
What is the Biosphere
information about the natural world that is used to support or go against a claim
What is evidence
Any planet with a solid surface, such as Earth
What is a Rocky Planet
When a model has a similar outcome as a natural phenomenon what can we conclude
We conclude that the model provides evidence for how the natural phenomenon occured
All the water on Earth's surface to include rivers, lakes, oceans
What is the hydrosphere
The process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim
What is reasoning
A feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
What is a landform
a proposed answer to a question about the natural world
What is a claim
a scientist who studies the geosphere of planets in our solar system
Who is a planetary geologist