Geology on Mars Vocab

What term describes a planet with a solid surface, such as Earth or Mars?

• Habitable

• Rocky planet

• System

• Landform

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

• Landform

• Channel

• Geologic process

• Model

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What term is used for a long, narrow groove that forms where water, lava, or other liquid flows?

• System

• Channel

• Claim

• Evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the term for a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole?

• Model

• System

• Reasoning

• Geologic process

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the term for an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere, such as flowing water or flowing lava?

• Geologic process

• Habitable

• Evidence

• Claim

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a proposed answer to a question about the natural world?

• Reasoning

• Claim

• Model

• Landform

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What is the term for information about the natural world that is used to support a claim?

• Evidence

• System

• Channel

• Habitable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the process of making clear how your evidence supports your claim?

• Model

• Reasoning

• Geologic process

• Landform

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

• Model

• System

• Channel

• Claim

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What term describes having the conditions necessary to support life?

• Habitable

• Rocky planet

• Evidence

• Reasoning