Spheres of Earth
Branches of Earth Science
Characteristics of a True Scientist.
The Scientific Method
Hypothesis vs. Analysis vs. Conclusion
100
Sphere made of water....
What is the hydrosphere.
100
The study of the water and sea life on Earth.....
What is Oceanography.
100
Being truthful; even admitting you are wrong....
What is honesty.
100
Every experiment should start with a __________to give direction to your work.
What is question or problem.
100
What "person" should be used when writing a formal lab report?
What is the third person
200
Sphere made of layers of gas..
What is the atmosphere.
200
The study of how to control pollution and also how to save endangered species....
What is Environmental Science.
200
Thinking outside of the box...
What is creativity.
200
To record data, you probably should use a ....
What is a chart or table.
200
Which step needs to be detailed enough so that another scientist can duplicate your work.
What is step IV or the procedure.
300
Sphere made of rock, minerals and land....
What is the Lithosphere.
300
The study of weather and climate.......
What is meterology.
300
Willing to accept new ideas...
What is open-mindedness.
300
A testable, educated statement showing what you "think" will happen during or after the testing.....
What is an hypothesis.
300
Proves the hypothesis to be true or false..
What is the conclusion.
400
Sphere on Earth capable of supporting life....
What is the Biosphere.
400
The study of space, planets, moons, galaxies and star systems...
What is Astronomy.
400
Not being too gullible; unwilling to accept something that is obviously not true.
What is being skeptical.
400
The part of the experiment that stays the same and is used for comparison...
What is the control.
400
Explains how and why the experiment turned out the way that it did.
What is the analysis.
500
All four spheres put together make up a complex ________ that we know as Earth.
What is system.
500
The study of rocks and minerals.....
What is Geology.
500
Always wanting to know more and more and more.... asks "why" often.....
What is being curious.
500
The part of the experiment that is changed or tested.
What is the variable.
500
Uses data and observations....
What is all three.