Cycles and Spheres
This cycle moves through each Earth's 4 spheres. The first step of this cycle is to move from air to soil.
What is the Nitrogen Cycle?
This compositional layer of the Earth is the outermost layer.
What is the crust?
This is the first step in the scientific method.
What is make an observation?
The factor that is manipulated by the person doing the experiment.
What is the independent variable?
The law that states that energy is neither created or destroyed is known as __________________.
What the first law of thermodynamics?
This sphere stores all of Earth's solid matter.
What is the geosphere?
This is the "plastic" zone beneath the Earth's surface that drives the movements of the tectonic plates.
What is the asthenosphere?
Which step comes before sharing your results?
What is drawing conclusions?
This is the expression of the amount of uncertainty or variation in a dataset.
What is error?
The ability to do work is also known as _________.
What is energy?
This cycle begins in the atmosphere and is made up of two parts: short-term and long term
What is the Carbon Cycle?
What is the crust?
This is the third step in the scientific method.
What is form a hypothesis?
What describes the range of values for a set percentage of measurements?
What is the confidence interval?
Hot materials rise towards the surface of the Earth through a process called __________.
What is convection?
This sphere depends on the Sun for support and for its existence.
What is the biosphere?
This is the outermost of the 5 structural zones in the Earth's interior.
What is the lithosphere?
This is the last step in the scientific method.
What is sharing your results?
This refers to how close a measurement is to the standard.
What is accuracy?
This type of system receives energy, but matter, from its surroundings.
What is a closed system?
This cycle only takes place on the Earth's surface. The element that is cycled s required for plants and animals to be able to build cells.
What is the phosphorous cycle?
What was the technology used to figure out that the Earth has layers?
What is the seismograph?
Which step in the scientific method requires you to analyze your results?
What is drawing conclusions?
This refers to the "exactness" of measurements.
What is precision?
The two most basic things that Earth uses to operate are known as _________ and _________.
What are matter and energy?