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What is CER?
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
What is science?
Its a way of studying the natural world
A hypothesis is a
An explanation for set of observations
What numbers are acidic on the pH scale
0-6
What is a mineral?
A solid with definite shape and volume
This word is a landform made up of nearly flat or gently rolling land
plain
The Lithosphere is made up of
rocky layer, continents and small landmasses
The prime meridian is called
Which is a nonrenewable and valuable resource?
soil
What does permeable mean?
A description of material that water can pass through
biosphere
The process of using one or more senses to gather information is
observing
Which landform has high elevation and high relief?
Mountain
Layers of soil
horizons
Soil is mostly made up of this. Unweathered rock that influences and makes the solid above it
bedrock
How is relief shown on a topographic map?
contour lines
Scientific Inquiry refers to..
the way scientists study the world. Interpretation.
What is elevation?
The height of land above sea level.
The largest kind of particle in soil
sand
What is the purpose of crop rotation?
Maintaining the fertility of the fields
In a scientific inquiry you...
Find ways in which scientists study the natural world
The outermost sphere that has a mixture of gases that surrounds the planet.
atmosphere
How many variables can change in a controlled experiment?
1
Define metamorphic rock
formed from intense heat and pressure
What do decomposers do?
Breakdown waste and dead material into nutrients for plants.