Vocab
Facts about the Planets
Articles
Scientific Argument
Riddles
100

Having the conditions necessary to support life

Habitable

100

Pluto is not a planet. What is it?

A Dwarf Planet

100

What are the robots that explore Mars' surface called?

Rovers

100

Is objective evidence weak or strong?

Strong

100

How many months have 28 days?

All of them

200

A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

System

200

True or False: Four planets in the solar system have rings

True

200

What gas are scientists hoping to harvest to make Mars more survivable for Humans?

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

200

Your proposed answer to a question

Claim

200

Which question can you never answer “yes” to?

Are you asleep?

300

A claim supported by evidence and reasoning

A scientific argument

300

Name one of the planets that you cannot stand on

Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn

300

Who is Taras Gerya?

Planetary geologist that created a model to study the formation of Novae on Venus 

300

Name something that makes evidence weak

Opinionated, Untrue, etc

300

I’m not alive, but I can grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

Fire

400

A feature that forms on the surface of a planet, such as a mountain, channel, or sand dune

Landform

400

How many moons does Mars have?

Two

400

What are the Dome shaped landforms on venus with cracks spreading in all directions called?

Novae

400

How the evidence is connected to the claim

Reasoning

400

What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment, but not once in a thousand years?

The letter M

500

An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it easier to see

Model

500

How old is the solar system?

~4.5 billion years

500

Why did Schiaparelli believe there were canals on Mars?

Optical Illusion caused by weak telescope lens. 

500

What do you need to do to make a convincing argument?

Support it with strong evidence and clear reasoning

500

What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?

An elephant's shadow