Types of Earth/Space Science
This is the branch that studies the oceans.
What is oceanography?
The first step in the scientific method.
What is asking a question?
In an experiment, this varible looks at what is being measured.
What is the dependent variable?
In an experiment this is something that stays the same throughout all of the testing.
What is a constant?
This branch of science deals with tracking the path of hurricanes.
What is meteorology?
Predicting the effects of an upcoming blizzard would fall under this branch of Earth Science.
What is meteorology?
Telling your teacher, talking with your parents, or writing a paper about an experiment you completed all falls under this step in the scientific method.
What is communicate (share) results?
In an experiment this variable decribes what is being changed and tested.
What is the independent variable?
After testing an experiment, Kaitlyn found out her hypothesis was wrong. Should she still share her results?
Yes. She or someone else can use what she found to set up a different experiment.
Since Gabriel was wearing a soccer shirt, he must play soccer. This statement is considered to be what?
What is an inference?
Someone who digs for gems or rare minerals falls under this branch of Earth Science.
What is geology?
This step occurs after you have completed background research for an experiment.
What is construct a hypothesis?
Mario studied how far room temperature water would spurt out of a platic milk carton when holes were punched at different heights from the bottom of the container. What would be the independent variable in this problem?
What is the different heights the holes were punched from the bottom of the container?
In an experiment this group is referred to as the unaltered or "normal" group.
What is the control group?
A bouncy ball company tries out different materials to see if they can make the ball bounce higher. What would be the independent variable?
What is the different materials?
Studying meteors, meteoroids and meteorites would all fall under this branch of science?
What is astronomy?
The step you need to go back to if the procedure is not working or did not work in an experiment.
Mrs. Crain wanted to see how different types of music affected students' pulse rates. She played different types of music: heavy metal, rap, R&B, alternative, pop, country, and classical music. What would be the dependent variable in this experiment?
What is the students' pulse rates?
Tim tested to see if coffee would help his plants grow faster than normal water. In his experiment he measure the height of his bean plants before testing then added one cup of coffee to all three of his plants each day for a week. At the end of the week he measured again to see how much they grew. What is wrong with how Tim set up his experiment?
He did not have a control group where one plant was still receiving water to see how it compares to those receiving coffee.
The explanation of why something happens. Uses strong evidence.
What is a theory?
This job in Earth Science studies volcanoes
What is a volcanologist?
This happens to the results of an experiment that did not align with the original hypothesis.
What is used as background research used for future experiments?
Tony wants to know in what type of shoe he can run a mile the fastest in. Tony runs a mile uphill in flip flops for one test, a mile in sneakers on a track, and a mile in toe shoes in a nearby creek. What is wrong with the experiment Tony conducted?
Tony did not run the mile at the same location everytime. (Ex/ Tony Ran one on a hill, one on a track, and one in the creek)
Jenny wanted to see if the weight of a paper airplane had an influence on how far it traveled. For her experiment she folded one plane using copy paper in the basic "dart" shape and added one paper clip. She folded a second plane into a "bomber" shape and added two paper clips. Finally she folded a paper airplane into a "buzz" shape and did not add any paper clips. What is wrong with Jenny's experiment?
She is testing two variables instead on one. All paper airplanes should be folded the same way if she is trying to see if weight has an influence on distance.
A statement that describes what is expected to happen using calculations derived from natural phenomena.
What is a scientific law?