Vocabulary
Having the conditions necessary to support life
habitable
long, narrow groove that forms where water, lava or other liquid forms
channel
What does the sand and water represent in the flowing water model?
Sand: The geosphere, any surface on earth (grass, dirt, sand, etc)
Water: any flowing water on Earth (streams, rivers, heavy rainfall)
What makes Earth habitable
liquid water and an energy source
The Flowing Water images from Earth are important because...
they show a curved, branching shape just like the channel on Mars.
any planet with a solid surface, such as Earth or Mars
rocky planet
object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
model
What does the tilting the stream table represent on Earth?
A slanted hill
Rock formed from sediment
Conglomerate
The Flowing Water Model is important because...
a channel was formed just like the one on Mars.
set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
system
a proposed answer to a question about the natural world
claim
If I wanted my end result to show many branching channels, how should I set up my model?
I would make it just barely slanted so the water has more time to spread out and create channels.
Rock formed during a volcanic eruption
Basalt
The triangle shaped landform images on Earth are important because...
the same shapes are formed on Earth as it did on Mars.
feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as mountains, channels, and dunes
landform
information about the natural world that is used to support or go against a claim
evidence
How would you set up the model if you wanted to create a narrow, deep channel?
Prop the model up high to simulate a steep hill.
What is a planetary geologist
scientist who studies the geospheres of planets in our solar system
The rock sample from Earth is important because...
the rock was made of pebbles and other sediment cemented together by flowing water, just like in the channel on Mars.
an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava
geological process
process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim
reasoning
Explain what the results of my flowing water model would be if I used smaller grains of sand.
It would create a deeper channel, because the sediment would be carried more easily by the water.
What happened to Claire's puddle? What is the evidence?
The geologic process that formed the channel on Mars is...
flowing water.