Geology on Mars Vocabulary

the mixture of gases surrounding a planet

• system

• rocky planet

• claim

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

all the living things on a planet

• geosphere

• habitable

• compare

• biosphere

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

• system

• evidence

• channel

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

• claim

• landform

• model

• reasoning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

to notice how two or more things are alike or different

• biosphere

• compare

• landform

• claim

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

information about the natural world that is used to support or go against (refute) a claim

• reasoning

• claim

• evidence

• geologic process

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

• geologic process

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• rocky planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the solid part of a rocky planet

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

having the conditions necessary to support life

• geologic process

• habitable

• model

• geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

all liquid water and solid water (ice) on a planet

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4