Earth Systems
This Earth system is the region of permanently frozen water on Earth.
What is the cryosphere?
This is the symbol for the SI base unit of length.
What is m?
This is the study of conditions in the atmosphere.
What is meteorology?
What is the independent variable?
This is the ability to do work or cause change.
This Earth system is the blanket of gases that surrounds our planet.
What is the atmosphere?
This is the SI base unit for temperature.
What is the Kelvin?
This is the study of the chemistry of ocean water, the ocean floor, and marine organisms.
What is oceanography?
If a scientist wants to determine whether plant height is affected by the amount of light it gets, plant height would be the __________.
What is the dependent variable?
This type of force slowly wears away mountains and other features on the Earth's surface.
What are destructive forces?
This Earth system consists of the area from the surface of the Earth down to its center.
What is the geosphere?
This is the SI base unit for time.
What is the second?
This is the study of forces that have shaped Earth.
What is geology?
If a scientist wants to determine whether the amount of time spent with a dog affects an individual's stress, the amount of time spent with a dog is the __________.
What is the independent variable?
This is a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results.
What is a scientific theory?
This Earth System consists of all of the water on Earth, including the ater in the atmosphere.
What is the hydrosphere?
This is the symbol for the SI base unit of mass.
What is kg?
What is astronomy?
This is the variable that is being affected by the change in the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable?
This is a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question.
What is a hypothesis?
This Earth System consists of all the organisms on Earth as well as the environments in which they live.
What is the biosphere?
The SI units for area, volume, and density are considered this, because they are combinations of SI units.
What is derived?
This is the study of Earth's environment and resources.
What is environmental science?
If a scientist wants to determine whether what one eats for breakfast has an affect on an individual's ability to focus in school, the independent variable is __________.
What is what one eats for breakfast?
This is the body of knowledge about Earth and its place in the universe.
What is Earth Science?