Vocabulary
Having the conditions necessary to sustain life.
Habitable
Interacting parts forming a complex whole are called...
Systems
What is the fourth planet from the sun?
Mars
What is the proposed answer to a question about the natural world.
What is Claim?
Rocks that are made when small pebbles and other sediments pressed together are called?
Conglomerate Rocks
a feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune
Landform
The mixture of gases surrounding a planet is called...
Atmosphere
Name the 4 rocky planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Any data that supports the claim.
What is Evidence?
Rocks made only of cooled lava are called?
Basalt Rocks
any planet with a solid surface, such as Earth or Mars
Rocky Planet
All living things on a planet are called...
Biosphere
What is the rover that found the rock on Mars?
Curiosity Rover
Explains how the evidence supports the claim.
What is Reasoning?
What is the landform on Mars is called?
A channel
What is an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere called?
Geologic Process
All the liquid water and solid water (ice) on a planet is called...
Hydrosphere
Which planets have rings
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Includes a claim, evidence, and reasoning that explains a scientific phenomena.
What is Scientific Argument?
What geologic process caused the channel on Mars?
Flowing water formed the channel on Mars.
An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see is called?
A model
The solid part of a rocky planet is called...
Geosphere
What was the object in the Jelly Donut story?
The object was a rock that was moved to that spot.
What are the 2 claims to find out what geological process formed the channel on Mars?
Flowing water or lava formed the channel on Mars.
Explain your reason why the rock found on Mars supports our claim that flowing water formed the channel on Mars.
Answers may include. The rock on Mars is a sedimentary rock similar to the sedimentary rocks found near flowing water on Earth.