Quiz 1
In logic, a statement of fact is called
What is proposition
Substance of the physical universe
What is matter
What is subsoil
Reusing old materials
What is recycling
Boundary between the crust and the mantle
What is Moho
Should include one independent variable
What is a good scientific experiment
Three main components of the scientific method
What are hypothesizing, observing and experimenting.
Underground layer that provides a firm foundation for the earth's surface
What is bedrock
Anything that provides a partial representation of something
What is a model
Central part of the earth
What is the core
A model of a design used for testing
What is a protype
A conclusion based on reasoning from evidence
What is inference
Value that measures the pull of gravity on a rock
What is weight
Reasoning from specific evidence to a more general conclusion
What is inductive reasoning
Area between the upper mantle and the lower mantle
What is the transition zone
This group is used in an experiment is used as the standard for comparison
What is independent variable
The study of soil
What is pedology
Value measuring how tightly packed matter is
What is density
Testing the same hypothesis under different conditions & reaching the same conclusion
What is reproductivity
The middle layer of the earth
What is the mantle
Making a conclusion using deductive reasoning, the statement is known as
What is evidence
Types of propositions
What are categorical, hypothetical, and disjunctive propositions
Soil material primarily derived from nonliving matter
What is mineral material
Charts used by pedologists to provide standard names and descriptions of color
What is the Munsell
The plastic rock in the lower portion of the upper m antle
What is the asthenosphere