this combines the studies of geology and chemistry
What is geochemistry?
200
the study of the origin, history, and structure of the Earth
What is geology?
200
systems of ideas
What are conceptual models?
200
a measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space
What is volume?
200
How many variables are tested at once in a controlled experiment?
What is one variable?
200
the study of how humans interact with the environment
What is environmental science?
300
a scientist who studies earthquakes
What is a seismologist?
300
computers are used to process these models and organize the data
What are mathematical models?
300
a measure of the size or surface of a region
What is area?
300
a scientist might change his or her hypothesis after is has already been accepted because...
What is because there may be subsequent observations or experiments that provide new data/new technology may be used?
300
a person who makes maps
What is a cartographer?
400
the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere, especially in relation to weather and climate
What is meteorology?
400
a climate model
What is a mathematical model?
400
the ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance
What is density?
400
two scientists might develop different hypotheses based on the same observations because...
What is because a hypothesis is a possible explanation for observations that have been made and it is possible that two scientists have different explanations for the same data?
400
a person who studies a community of organisms and their nonliving environment
What is an ecologist?
500
the four branches of Earth science
What are geology, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy?
500
theory or law:
an explanation that ties together many hypotheses and observations
What is a theory?
500
the equation to find the density of a substance
What is density=mass/volume?
500
What value does reporting your results have if they do not support your hypothesis?
the results may be important to other scientists studying the data
500
people who are educated in geology, biology, and physics and study the surface features of Earth