Geology on Mars

This type of rock was found at the bottom of the channel on Mars. It is major evidence that supports the channel being formed by flowing water.

• Breccia

• Basalt

• Conglomerate

This rock is a type of igneous (lava) rock is dark colored and a lot of holes in it.

• Conglomerate

• Breccia

• Basalt

• Sandstone

Flowing water creates what kind of shape?

• Straight

• Jagged and straight

• Curvy and Branched

• Up and down

Mars is a place to look for potential life because

• Temperature is reasonably close to Earth due to the sun as an energy source

• Water

• Both

A proposed answer about a question of the natural world is called a

• claim

• evidence

• reasoning

• scientific argument

The biosphere is the sphere on Earth that relates to

• life

• solid ground

• water

• air/gases

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The sphere that relates to water is called the

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

These are the gases that surround the planet

• hydropshere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are these types of planets

• rocky planets

• gas giants

• life producing

• perfect spheres

Information that is used to support or refute a claim is called

• reasoning

• evidence

• scientific argument

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6