Unit 1 Vocab
The command that people should fill the Earth and study it based off of Genesis 1.
What is the Creation Mandate
Something that occupies space and has mass.
What is matter?
A simplified image that is a model of part of the earth's surface.
What is a map?
A force that acts on an object as it moves a distance.
The first part of the scientific method.
What is ask a question?
The two ways that humans can declare God's glory in Earth Science.
What is discovery and imitaiton?
A combination of two or more substances.
What is a mixture.
A ratio to allow for maps to be smaller than the real world.
A map scale.
A positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom.
What is a proton?
The final portion of the scientific method that must always be done, no matter the outcome.
What is reporting results?
A simple representation of a system of ideas, events, or processes.
What is a model?
A solid substance directly becoming a vapor without first becoming a liquid.
What is sublimation?
What are latitude lines?
A map with multiple layers to show a lot of data.
What is GIS?
The portion where you test your hypothesis and collect data.
What is an experiment?
A model that ties together many ideas or concepts.
What is a conceptual model?
A push or a pull. Something that always occurs in pairs.
What is a force?
A type of map that focuses on man-made and natural features of the world.
What is a geographical map?
A process as well as a body of knowledge.
What is science?
A testable statement that is in an If, Then format.
What is a hypothesis?
Data that is numerical in nature.
What is measured/quantitative data?
A change in matter that doesn't change its chemical composition.
What is a physical change?
A map that displays other sorts of data, such as political opinions.
What is a thematic map?
Aviation maps and maps of the ocean floor.
What are charts?
A limitation built into the lab, not human error.
What is an experimental limitation?