Comparing
Earth and Rocky Planets
Earth and Rocky Planets
Water and Energy have been described as the reason why planets might be considered as this
What is habitable?
Gerya created an example of this to test his idea about novae formation on Venus
What is a model?
These 3 adjectives are the main characteristics that most flowing water channels have
What are narrow, curved, and branching?
This is the formula for water
What is H2O?
This is the first step in a scientific argument
What is a question?
These planets have solid surfaces that have been changed over time
(use our vocabulary word used to describe these planets)
What are rocky planets?
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?
When water travels through a landform, it wears down different pieces of rock. Those pieces of rock are called this:
What is sediment?
These are three states of matter
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
when formulating an argument, this connects evidence to your claim
what is Reasoning?
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?
This factor can play a role on how deep and narrow a channel can become
What is slope of the ground?
At the base of a mountain, flowing water channels' sediments spread out to form this kind of landford
What is an alluvial fan?
This is the smallest unit of a living thing
What is a cell?
These are the four parts of a scientific argument.
What is question, claim, evidence, reasoning
These scientists have allowed us to use our knowledge about Earth to study if other planets were once habitable
What are Planetary geologists?
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?
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?
The amount of time it takes for the Earth to rotate on its axis
What is 24 hours?
In order for a website to be reliable, you should be looking for websites with this ending
what is .org or .gov
The interactions between these forces are what drive our planet to remain in balance
What are the four spheres?
A long, narrow groove called this leaves evidence of a planet's past
What is a channel?
When lava cools and hardens it forms these kinds of rock that are often black in color
What are igneous rocks?
This is the main source of energy in our solar system
What is the Sun?
This sentence is a proposed answer to the investigation question for a scientific argument
What is a claim?