Key Concepts GoM (1)

Question 1

1.2

Answer 1

Earth, Mars, and other rocky planets can be thought of as systems. These systems are made up of interacting spheres that can include the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.

Question 2

1.3

Answer 2

When landforms on different rocky planets look similar, it is evidence that they may have been formed by the same geologic process.

Question 3

2.33

Answer 3

Models represent the natural processes being investigated in important ways, but they are not exactly the same.

Question 4

2.36

Answer 4

Scientists can use models to test their ideas and get evidence about processes in the natural world that are difficult to observe.

Question 5

2.39

Answer 5

Landforms can provide evidence about the past because they remain after the geologic processes that formed them stop happening.

Question 6

3.45

Answer 6

Evidence can support or go against a claim.

Question 7

3.49

Answer 7

A convincing argument is supported by evidence and the process of reasoning.