Metric Conversions
800 cm = _____ meters
8 meters
Convert 1,200,000 to Scientific Notation
1.2 x 10 ^ 6
This meridian is considered 0 degrees longitude.
Prime Meridian
In an experiment, this is the group that is not manipulated (does not receive the Independent variable).
Control Group
The study of the forces and processes that cause weather.
Meterology
20 meters = _____ cm
2,000
Convert 5,020,000 to Scientific Notation
5.02 x 10 ^ 6
This line divided the Earth into the northern and Southern Hemisphere.
Equator
This is the variable which is directly changed by the scientist.
Independent Variable
The study of materials that make up the Earth.
Geology
30 cm = ____ mm
300 millimeters
Convert 0.000074 to Scientific Notation
7.4 x 10 ^ -5
Lines that run from pole to pole (up and down on a map).
Lines of Longitude / Meridians
The variable which changes because of the independent variable.
Dependent Variable
The study of Earth's oceans.
Oceanography
50 millimeters = ___ cm
5 centimeters
Convert 2.5 x 10 ^ - 4 to standard notation
0.00025
The Prime Meridian runs through this city. This was the location of the Royal Naval Observatory.
Greenwich, England
Marge wants to know if using a pink sharpie will help students do better on their test. She gives 10 students a pink sharpie to complete their test, and 10 use a pencil. What is the dependent variable?
Test performance / higher scores
The study of interactions of organisms and their surroundings.
Environmental Science
1.5 meters = ___ meters
15 decimeters
Convert 2.4 x 10 ^6 to standard notation
2,400,000
This line marks the change of one calendar day to the next. It is roughly based on the 180th meridian, but deviates to pass some territories and island groups.
What is the international date line?
Marge wants to know if using a pink sharpie will help students do better on their test. She gives 10 students a pink sharpie to complete their test, and 10 use a pencil. What is the independent variable?
Use of the pink sharpie
The study of object's beyond Earth's atmosphere.
What is astronomy.