The Scientific Method
The Metric System
The Global Grid
Topographic Maps
Earth as a System
100
Any use of the five senses to gather information.
What is an observation?
100
The language of origin for the International System of Units.
What is French?
100
A flat representation of Earth's surface.
What is a map?
100
Lines showing points of equal elevation.
What are contour lines?
100
A system in which both mass and energy flow into and out of the system.
What is an open system?
200
An educated guess.
What is a hypothesis?
200
The SI base unit for length.
What is the meter?
200
A map where the Earth's surface is projected onto a cylinder wrapped around a globe.
What is a cylindrical projection?
200
The difference in elevation between adjacent contour lines.
What is the contour interval?
200
The relationship between people and the natural environment.
What is environmental science?
300
The variable being manipulated, or changed, during a scientific experiment.
What is the independent variable?
300
The SI base unit for temperature.
What is Kelvin?
300
The distance north or south of the equator.
What is latitude?
300
Every 5th contour line, generally bold and labeled.
What is the index contour?
300
Resources able to be replenished in a relatively short time span.
What are renewable resources?
400
The final step of the scientific method.
What is communicating results?
400
A system used to express very large of very small numbers.
What is scientific notation?
400
0 degrees longitude.
What is the prime meridian?
400
Contour lines close together represent this.
What is a steep slope or mountain?
400
Newton's 2nd law of motion.
What is F=ma?
500
A type of experiment testing only one factor, or variable, at a time.
What is a controlled experiment?
500
A mathematical technique used to convert units in order to solve problems.
What is dimensional analysis?
500
A map where the Earth's surface is projected onto a flat plane at a central point.
What is an azimuthal projection?
500
Circular contour lines having hachure marks pointing to the center of the circle represent this.
What is a depression or basin?
500
The force responsible for binding protons and neutrons together in the nucleus of an atom.
What is the strong force?
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