Quiz about Geology on Mars Unit 1

Question 1

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

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the geosphere

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the biosphere

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the atmosphere

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the megasphere

Question 2

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

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been formed by the same geologic process.

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been formed by different geologic processes.

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been formed by life on that planet.

Question 3

What term means having the conditions necessary to support life?

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habitable

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biosphere

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landform

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geological process

Question 4

Which of the following are examples of systems?

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Option A is correct

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Option B is correct

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Option C is correct

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Option D is correct

Question 5

Define the word LANDFORM.

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

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the process of making clear how evidence supports your claim

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

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

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

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channel

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landform

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geological process

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rocky planet

Question 7

a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

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claim

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scientific argument

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evidence

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reasoning

Question 8

A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

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System

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Model

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Reasoning

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Evidence

Question 9

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

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rocky planets

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smokey planets

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giant planets

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gassy planets

Question 10

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

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biosphere

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atmosphere

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geosphere

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hydrosphere

Question 11

What do we call the mixture of gases surrounding a planet?

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atmosphere

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biosphere

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geosphere

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hydrosphere

Question 12

What do we call the solid part of a rocky planet?

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geosphere

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atmosphere

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biosphere

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hydrosphere

Question 13

What do we call all the liquid water and solid water on a planet?

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hydrosphere

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atmosphere

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biosphere

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geosphere

Question 14

What do we call an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava?

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geologic process

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geographic location

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geometric shape

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geology class

Question 15

What 2 things are needed for a planet to be habitable?

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water, energy source

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water, oxygen

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oxygen, energy source

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plants, animals

Question 16

What are two ways that a channel can be formed?

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flowing water, flowing lava

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flowering water, cooled lava

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showels, picks

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television, cable

Question 17

The process that scientists participate in to find the best explanation for a question about the natural world is called _____________________.

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Scientific Argumentation

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Experimentation

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observation

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questioning

Question 18

Scientists can use models to...

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test their ideas about the natural world

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get evidence about processes that are difficult to observe.

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show facts that will never change in world.

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draw a copy of something we can see around us.

Question 19

What is evidence?

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Information or proof about something in the natural world

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A question about the natural world

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An answer to a question about the natural world

Question 20

Which one of these was NOT a claim for the Geology on Mars unit?

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An earthquake created the channel on Mars

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Flowing water created the channel on Mars

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Flowing lava created the channel on Mars

Question 21

Mars is a place to look for potential life because

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Both

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

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Water

Question 22

Models recreate a natural process that is being investigated in the exact same way.

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False

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True

Question 23

Scientists use models to test their ideas and get evidence about processes in the natural world that are difficult to share.

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True

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False

Question 24

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

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True

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False

Question 25

Landforms disappear after the geologic process that formed them stop happening.

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False

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True

Question 26

What does biosphere mean?

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all the living things on a planet.

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

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to notice how two or more things are alike ot different.

Question 27

Define the word MODEL

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An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see.

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

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any planet with a solid surface, such as Earth or Mars.

Question 28

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

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geological process

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landform

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channel

Question 29

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

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hydrosphere

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atmosphere

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biosphere

Question 30

The picture shows rocks formed by...

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water

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lava

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wind

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people

Question 31

What would form the following rock?

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lava

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water

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wind

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people

Question 32

Which of these is evidence we collected to determine which geologic process created the channel on Mars?

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compared rocks on Earth with images of rock formations on Mars

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compared volcanoes on Earth to volcanoes on Mars

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compared flowing water on Earth to flowing water on Mars.

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Compared weather on Earth to weather on Mars,

Question 33

Which of these is evidence we collected to determine which geologic process created the channel on Mars?

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compared triangle shaped landforms on Earth with triangle shaped landforms on Mars.

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compared oceans on Earth to oceans on Mars

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compared wind on Earth to wind on Mars

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compared plants on Earth to plants on Mars.

Question 34

Which of these is an acceptable claim?

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The geologic process that created the channel on Mars was flowing water.

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water

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It was water

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The geologic process that created the channel on Mars was flowing lava.

Question 35

Which of these is reasoning to support which geologic process created the channel on Mars?

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The rock on Earth that were created by flowing water matched the rock formation on Mars. Therefore, the channel on Mars was created by flowing water.

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The rocks were kind of the same on Earth as the ones on Mars.

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The channel on Mars was created by flowing water, lava or wind.

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There was a triangle shape at the bottom of the channel that looked like triangle shapes on Earth that were made by flowing lava and flowing water.

Question 36

What was formed in the Stream Table and Flowing Lava Models?

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channels

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bridges

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mountains

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craters

Question 37

What sphere did the sand in the Stream Table Model represent?

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geosphere

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atmosphere

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biosphere

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hydrosphere

Question 38

True or False: A higher elevation will create a deeper channel.

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True

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False

Question 39

What did scientists discover at the end of the channel?

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a triangular-shaped landform

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a lake

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crater

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sand

Question 40

True or False: The triangular shaped landform is made of rock that form over time and it is called an alluvial fan.

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True

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False

Question 41

When flowing water flows down a hill it carries what with it?

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small rocks

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plants

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air

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people

Question 42

What did the Curiosity Rover find near the triangular-shaped landform, at the end of the channel on Mars?

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rock

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pile of sand

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crater

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fungus

Question 43

True of False: Mars has a source of energy in the form of the Sun.

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True

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False

Question 44

True or False: The Reasoning Tool is used to help you pull apart each idea you want to include in your argument, and make sure they connect to your evidence.

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True

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False

Question 45

If liquid water did form the channel on Mars what does that mean about the past habitability of Mars?

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It could have been habitable

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Nothing

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There is no way anything once lived there

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It could NOT have been habitable

Question 46

After all the evidence we examined in this unit, on what formed the channel on Mars, what has the evidence most supported in what most likely formed the channel on Mars?

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flowing water

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flowing lava

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sand storm

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sonic boom

Question 47

very steep hills lead to

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Narrow and deep rivers

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shallow and wide rivers

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None of the above

Question 48

If I wanted to test that small sand grains lead to narrow and deeper rivers what should I do?

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I would create a model with both small and large sand grains to compare the type of river it creates

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I would create a model with large sand grains only

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I would create a model with small sand grains only

Question 49

If I want to test the idea that steep hills lead to narrow deep rivers what should I do?

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Create a model with different heights to see the different rivers it creates

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Create a model with only a small height/hill

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Create a model with only a very tall height/hill

Geology on Mars Unit 1

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