Geology on Mars Vocab

What term describes the total amount of water on a planet?

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• Channel

• Landform

• Geologic process

• Evidence

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

• Evidence

• Claim

• Compare

• Geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is an event or series of events that causes changes in the geosphere?

• Geologic process

• Landform

• Channel

• Atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

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

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• Landform

• Channel

• Geologic process

• Evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which term refers to the mixture of gases surrounding a planet?

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

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

• Claim

• Evidence

• Compare

• Geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is a system?

• A single object

• A set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

• A type of planet

• A simple machine

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What does a planetary geologist study?

• The oceans

• The geospheres of planets

• The atmosphere

• The stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3