Branches of Science
The Scientific Method
Models
Measurement & Safety
Vocabulary
100
The study of the solid Earth
What is geology
100
A series of steps to answer questions and solve problems
What is the scientific method
100
Models you can touch
What is a physical model
100
SI unit for length
What is meter
100
The study of the ocean
What is oceanography
200
The study of ecosystems
What is ecology
200
Any use of the senses to gather information
What is an observation
200
Models based on calculations, data, and equations
What is a mathematical model
200
SI unit for volume
What is liter and/or cubic meters
200
A place where living and nonliving things interact
What is an ecosystem
300
The study of space and all physical things beyond our planet Earth.
What is astronomy
300
A possible explanation or answer to a question/problem
What is a hypothesis
300
Models based on a system of ideas
What is a conceptual model
300
SI unit for mass
What is grams
300
The study of the surface features of the Earth
What is geography
400
The study of weather and the atmosphere
What is meteorology
400
Part of the Scientific Method that has charts, graphs, and calculations.
What is analyzing data
400
The worldwide increase of temperatures
What is global warming
400
SI units for temperature
What is Celsius and Kelvin
400
The study of how humans interact with the environment
What is environmental science
500
The study of both geology and chemistry
What is geochemistry
500
The 6 steps to the scientific method
What is question, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, conclusion, and communicate results
500
The main reason why global warming takes place. Heat is trapped by this process
What is the greenhouse effect
500
The amount of matter something is made of
What is mass
500
A unifying explanation for a broad range of hypotheses that have been supported by testing
What is theory
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