Spheres
The earth from its surface to the core
What is the geosphere?
The study of earth's large bodies of water
What is oceanography?
A scientist's suggested answer to a problem
What is the hypothesis?
The base unit for length
What is a meter?
Mathematicians' method of writing large numbers in short form
What is (scientific) notation?
The blanket of gases that surrounds the earth
What is the atmosphere?
The study of objects beyond earth's atmosphere
What is astronomy?
The process scientists use to look for answers to scientific questions
What is the scientific method?
The metric unit is used to measure mass
What is a gram?
An idea generally thought to be true based on many observations
What is (scientific) theory?
The environments in which organisms live
What is the biosphere?
The study of materials that make up the earth
What is geology?
The variable the experimenter changes.
What is the independent variable?
SI units measuring temperature
What is kelvin?
A rigorously tested premise consistently proven to be true. A rule of nature
What is (scientific) law?
The region of permanently frozen water
What is the cryosphere?
The study of the forces that create earth's weather
What is meteorology?
The variable that the experimenter doesn't control because it's the change observed in the experiment
What is the dependent variable?
How volume is measured
What is cubic centimeters?
A method of demonstrating a scientific idea
What is a (scientific) model?
All water on earth
What is the hydrosphere?
The study of the interactions between living things and their environments
What is environmental science?
The part of the experiment where the independent variable is not changed
What is the control?
Density
What is grams per cubic centimeter?
Le Système Internationale d'Unites
What is SI?