Nature of Science
What are the two types of data that scientists collect as evidence?
QUALItative and QUANTitative
What is wavelength as it relates to sound waves or the electromagnetic spectrum?
The distance between the top of one wave (or the bottom) to the top of the next wave (or the bottom).
What does a topographical map show?
It shows the elevation of a landscape on a 2 dimension map
What happens when warm water meets cold water due to their respective densities?
Warm water rises above the cold water (cold water sinks because it is MORE dense).
How are weather and climate DIFFERENT?
Weather is short-term conditions in the atmosphere; climate is based on long-term averages?
What does M.I.X. stand for?
Manipulated - Independent (variable) - X axis
What is frequency as it relates to sound waves or the electromagnetic spectrum?
What are the lines on a topographical map called that show the elevation of the land?
Contour lines
How do microplastics occur (less than 5mm in size)?
The break off of larger pieces plastic items.
What are the THREE types of heat transfer?
Radiation, Conduction, Convection
What does D.R.Y. stand for?
Dependent - Responds - Y axis
List the wave with the HIGHEST frequency (and therefore the most energy) and the wave with the LOWEST frequency (or the least amount of energy).
Gamma waves - Radio waves
How are steep sections of land represented on a topographic map?
The lines are close together.
What THREE factors cause ocean currents to form?
Temperature (density), salinity (density) and surface winds.
What causes earth to experience different seasons?
The tilt of the poles that changes throughout the year.
What does a CLAIM do in science?
A supported answer to the testable question in an experiment.
What is it called when wave energy passes THROUGH a medium?
Transmission
A lowpoint in the landscape where water collects is called what?
A watershed.
What is the primary cause of the world's ocean tides?
The gravitational pull from Earth's moon.
What is the ultimate source of all the world's weather?
Radiation of heat energy from the sun.
What is the independent variable in an experiment?
The variable that the EXPERIMENTER manipulates or changes.
What is it called when waves energy bends as it passes through mediums of different density (like sunlight through water droplets)?
On a topographic map, water travels in what direction due to gravity relative to the contour lines?
Perpendicular to the contour lines.
How does most of the plastic that is in the world's oceans get there?
Starts on land and enters through rivers/watersheds.
The primary cause of climate change today is caused by what?
Increasing amounts of CO2 emissions from human being (primarily in the production of electricity).