Geology on Mars 1

Earth, Mars, and other rocky planets are made up of spheres that can include...(select all of the correct answers.)

• the geosphere

• the megasphere

• the atmosphere

• the biosphere

What term means having the conditions necessary to support life?

• biosphere

• landform

• habitable

• geological process

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

• System

• Model

• Reasoning

• Evidence

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• atmosphere
• biosphere
• geosphere
• hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

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

• atmosphere
• biosphere
• geosphere
• hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• atmosphere
• biosphere
• geosphere
• hydrosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• water, energy source
• water, oxygen
• oxygen, energy source
• plants, animals

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• planetary rockologist

• planetary biologist

• planetary geologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the solid part of a rocky planet

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

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NGSS.4-ESS1-1

NGSS.5-ESS2-1