Amplify Geology/Mars Vocab Practice

Habitable

• having the conditions necessary to support life

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

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

System

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

• a claim supported by evidence

• a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Landform

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

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

• 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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Rocky Planet

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

• a claim supported by evidence

• a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

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

Channel

• all the living things on a planet

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

• the mixture of gases surrounding a planet

• the solid part of a rocky planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Geologic Process

• the solid part of a rocky planet

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

• a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Model

• 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

• all the living things on a planet

• a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3