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Intro to Earth Science
Process of Science
100
A supercontinent.

What is Pangea?

100

Four spheres of the Earth.

What is geosphere (lithosphere), hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere?

100
An educated guess.

What is a hypothesis?

200

Earth's layers are broken down into two categories

What are physical properties and chemical composition?

200

The equation for density.

What is Density = Mass/Volume?

200
Something that is manipulated or changed by the scientist.

What is independent variable?

300

Deepest place on Earth reachable by humans

What is the Mariana Trench?

300
Chemical composition layers of the Earth

What are crust, mantle, and core?

300

How to calculate volume of a box.

What is L x W x H?

300

Numerical Data.

What is quantitative data?

400

This is how plate tectonics move.

What are convection currents? + Explanation!!!

400

Source of heat in the Earth's interior.

What is radiation decay? + Explanation!

400

How to calculate volume of irregular shaped item.

What is displacement method?

400

The difference between a scientific investigation and a scientific experiment?

What is having a variables (independent, dependent, and control)?

500

Three fault types.

What are normal, reverse, and strike-slip?


500

Evidence that supports the physical composition of Earth's layers.

What are seismic waves (P & S
 waves)?

500

33cm = ___ meters

What is .33m?

500

The steps to the process of science.

What is question, collect data, hypothesis, experiment, collect data, and conclusion?

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