What makes something scientific?
This type of data deals with things that are measurable, like someone's height.
What is quantitative data?
Water "sticks" to other water molecules because of this property of water.
What is cohesion?
What part of the water cycle is being described in the following statement: "Water falls to Earth as snow, hail, or rain."
What is precipitation?
Carbon ___ release carbon into Earth's atmosphere.
What are carbon sources?
The atmosphere is made up of 78 percent _______.
What is nitrogen?
Science only deals with things that are ______.
What is CONPTT? Consistent, Observable, Natural, Predictable, Testable, and Tenative.
Ice floats on top of water because of this property of water.
What is expansion upon freezing?
What part of the water cycle is being described in the following statement: "Water condenses from gas to liquid in clouds."
What is condensation?
Carbon ____ absorb carbon from the atmosphere and store it.
What are carbon sinks OR carbon flux?
The process of converting nitrates back into nitrogen gas is called this.
What is denitrification?
Name the criteria described in the following statement: "It will occur over and over in the same exact setting."
What is consistent?
Water is ______ because it has a negative oxygen side and a positive hydrogen side.
What is polar?
This stage of the water cycle happens as a result of the Sun's energy.
What is evaporation?
Plants take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through this process.
What is photosynthesis?
The process of converting ammonium into nitrate is called this.
What is nitrification?
Name the criteria described in the following statement: "An element in the world that is not caused by human activity."
What is natural?
Less dense things, like a paperclip or a flower petal, may rest on the surface of the water because of this property of water.
What is surface tension?
Water enters the atmosphere through these two steps of the water cycle.
What is evaporation AND transpiration?
This historical event marked the point in which humans released a lot of carbon into the atmosphere.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
Nitrogen gas is converted into ammonia/ammonium through these two methods.
What is lightning AND nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
Name the criteria described in the following statement: "Scientific theories are changeable and correctable, even to the point of the theory being proven wrong."
What is tentative?
Coastal cities (like Jacksonville) experience greater temperature fluctuations compared to inland cities (like Lake City) because of this property of water.
What is high specific heat capacity OR temperature moderation?
Water collects in the geosphere in these two ways.
What is aquifer/groundwater AND surface runoff?
Consumers and decomposers release carbon by this process.
What is cell respiration?
Living things cannot use the nitrogen gas in our atmosphere because of their strong _____ _______.
What is a chemical bond?