Geology on Mars Chapter 1 QUIZ

Claire is studying a mysterious object found by the Opportunity rover on Mars. Claire makes the following claim: The object is a rock that was moved to that spot. Which piece of evidence below BEST supports her claim?

• The object is red, pink and white in color, similar to fungus

• Fungi can grow quickly on Earth. Some fungi can double in size in just one day

• Fungi on Earth are often colorful

• In the past, the Opportunity rover has found some rocks that are round

How would you compare the hydrospheres of Mars, Mercury, Venus and Earth? Choose the best statement below.

• Mars is the only planet that has a hydrosphere.

• All four rocky planets have shown evidence of water or ice in the past.

• Venus is the most different from Earth because there is no hydrosphere.

• Mercury is the most similar to Earth because there is evidence of frozen water in the past.

Claire made the following statement: "Earth, Mars and other rocky planets can be thought of as systems. These systems are made up of interacting spheres that can include the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere." Is Claire's statement True or False?

• True

• False

How would you compare how lava flows to how water flows?

• Only water creates narrow flows.

• Only lava creates branching flows.

• Water and lava flow can flow in similar ways.

• Water and lava always flow differently, in every way.

When landforms on different rocky planets look similar, it is evidence that they may have been formed by the same geological process.

• True

• False

A claim is the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim.

• True

• False

All the liquid water and ice on a planet.

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

Saturn, Mars and Earth are all rocky planets.

• True

• False

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

• landform

• channel

• rocky planet

• tectonic plate

A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole.

• hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere and geosphere

• system

• channel

• landform