vocab
Atmosphere
What is the mixture of gases surrounding a planet.
What is the hydrosphere
what is all the liquid and solid water (ice) on a planet
All living organisms on Earth make up the planet's
What is the Biosphere
If a planet has liquid oceans, frozen ice caps, and a thick layer of gases around it, which two planetary "spheres"are present?
What is the hydrosphere and the atmosphere
Geologic process
What is An event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava.
Biosphere
What is all the living things on a planet.
What is the geosphere
What is the solid part of a rocky planet
A scientist who researches rock formations on Mars is
called a
What is planetary geologist
Describe how a scientist uses evidence when evaluating a claim.
What is a scientist uses evidence when evaluating a claim by collecting data and logical knowledge to prove that their claim is right or that they have the answer to a problem.
Geosphere
What is the solid rocky part of a planet
Channel
What is a long, narrow groove that forms where water, lava, or other liquid flows.
What is the definition of evidence
What is information used to support or
refute a claim
Flowing liquid water can create a long, narrow groove
called a
What is a channel
Flowing lava and flowing water are both examples of geologic processes. How can a geologic process change the geosphere?
What is It can change the geosphere by forming cracks and channels in the ground
Habitable
What is Having the conditions necessary to support life.
Claim
What is a proposed answer to a question about the natural world.
What is the atmosphere
What is the mixture of gases surrounding
a planet
An answer you propose to solve a scientific question is
What is a claim
How is a model helpful to a planetary geologist studying Mars compared to studying Earth?
What is to bridge the massive gap of missing observational data on Mars
Hydrosphere
What is All the liquid water and solid water (ice) on a planet.
Compare
What is to notice how two or more things are alike or different.
Whats a model
What is a diagram or simulation that
makes something simpler to see
Mountains, canyons, and sand dunes are all examples of
A geosphere
Evidence
What is Information about the natural world that is used to support or go against
(refute) a claim.
Model
What is An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something
by making it simpler or easier to see.