Vocab
Define Habitable
Having the conditions necessary to support life
What is a channel?
Name the 4 rocky planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars
Define Evidence
Information about the natural world that can support or go against a claim
Define model
An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to use.
Define Rocky Planet
Any planet with a rocky surface (Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars)
What is a characteristic of a water channel?
Branching flows, conglomerate rock, triangle shaped delta, cuts into the surface.
Define geosphere
All of the rocks, minerals, dirt, soil, and solid material on a planet.
Define Reasoning
Making clear how your evidence supports your claim.
What are some variables we can change or alter with a model?
Time, heat, pressure, force... many things depending on the model and what is studied.
Define System
A set of interacting parts to form a complex whole
What is a characteristic of a lava flow?
Stacks on top of each flow, less branching, more blobby triangle shape, cools to form mostly the same rock type.
What are a few ways we can collect data about other rocky planets?
Satellites, Rovers, Telescopes, Models
What does a scientific argument start with?
A question
Describe what we observed with the stream table in class
Define geologic process
An event or series of events that causes a change in the geosphere
What is a simple model that we can use to replicate a water channel on Mars?
A stream table, like the one in class.
What would a flowing lava channel look like on a rocky planet?
Less curvy, less branching, stacks on top of itself, made up of the same kind of rock (cooled lava)
True or False. Research and Testing are major parts of a scientific argument
False. A scientific argument has a question, claim, evidence, and reasoning. Research and testing may fall under evidence and reasoning, but are not key parts by themselves.
Tell me two variables that we could change with the flowing water model?
Make it steeper, speed up the water, use different liquid, use different sand/rocks, etc.
Define hydrosphere
All of the liquid on a planet. (lakes, oceans, rivers, rain, groundwater...)
How is Mars similar to earth?
They are both rocky planets, they are next to each other, there might have been water on mars. They both have had flowing lava.
What is the farthest rocky planet from the sun?
What are the 4 components of a scientific argument
Question, Claim, Evidence, Reasoning.
What is a simple model we could use to replicate an erupting volcano?
baking soda and vinegar. Coke and mentos.