Geology on Mars - Chapter 1

Earth, Mars, and other rocky planets are made up of spheres that can include...

• the geosphere

• the megasphere

• the atmosphere

• the biosphere

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When landforms on different rocky planets look similar, it is evidence that they may have...

• been formed by different geologic processes.

• been formed by life on that planet.

• been formed by the same geologic process.

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What term means having the conditions necessary to support life?

• biosphere

• landform

• habitable

• geological process

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Which of the following are examples of systems?

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Define the word LANDFORM.

• the process of making clear how evidence supports your claim

• a scientist who studies the geospheres of planets in our solar system

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a long, narrow groove that forms where water, lava, or other liquid flows

• landform

• geological process

• channel

• rocky planet

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a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

• scientific argument

• evidence

• reasoning

• claim

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A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

• System

• Model

• Reasoning

• Evidence

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Any planet with a solid surface, such as Earth and Mars, are called ______ _______.

• rocky planets
• smokey planets
• giant planets
• gassy planets

What do we call all the living things on a planet?

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

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