Earth's Spheres
Types of Rocks
Vocabulary
Argumentation
Misc.
100

This sphere of Earth has to do with rocks and landforms.

What is the geosphere?

100

This type of rock is created when lava hardens and cools

What is igneous rocks?

100

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are these types of planets

What is Rocky Planets? 

100

Information that is used to support a claim

What is evidence? 

100

The parts of Earth's system are...

What is the hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere?

200

This sphere of Earth has to do with water

What is the hydrosphere?

200

This type of rock is created when there is heat and pressure applied. 

What is a metamorphic rock?

200

An event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava.

What is geologic processes? 

200

A proposed answer to a question about the natural world

What is a claim?

200
What created the channel on Mars?
What is flowing water?
300

This sphere of Earth has to do with with gases. 

What is the atmosphere?

300

An example of this type of rock is a conglomerate rock

What is a sedimentary rock?

300

A scientist who studies the geosphere of planets in our solar system

What is a planetary geologist? 

300

A claim supported by evidence

What is a scientific argument?

300

These two factors make a planet habitable

What is a source of energy and water? 

400

This sphere has to do with flora and fauna.

What is the biosphere?

400

The difference between metamorphic and sedimentary rocks

What is ... (answers may vary) 

400

The Earth's _____ includes the geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. 

What is a system?
400

What method can we use to help us remember what to put in our scientific argumentation?

What is RACE?

400

Something that helped us undersand how novae were formed on Venus

What is a model?