Unit 1 Test

Hydrosphere is

• the solid part of a rocky planet

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

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

• all the living things on a planet

Biosphere is

• all the living things on a planet

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

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

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

Habitable means

• Having the conditions necessary to sustain life.

• Having water flow on a planet

• Being a rocky planet

• A cool place to live.

Atmosphere means

• having the conditions necessary to support life

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

• the mixture of gases surrounding a planet

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

channel is a landform caused by

• wind

• water or lava flow

• Something found on TV.

What planets did we investigate in this unit? Venus and ____?

A claim is

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

• to notice how two or more things are alike or different

• Something you get from your insurance company

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

A claim is supported by _________

• evidence found by gathering data

• guesses you make about science

• What other people tell you they think is correct.

Why is it important to compare what we know about Earth when we study other rocky planets?

• So we can determine if the same situations occur on other planets.

• To determine if a planet could have been habitable.

• To see if it could have supported life at one point.

• all of these

Geologic Process

• an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand

• The wind blowing

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