Scientific Method
What is the term for a procedure designed to determine whether obsevations agree with predictions?
What is an experiment?
What is the study of the Earth's structure, properties, processes, and its history of life?
What is Earth Science?
What is the smallest planet in our solar system and closest to the Sun?
What is Mercury?
What is the region on, above, and below the Earth's surface where life exists called?
What is the biosphere?
What is the measure of how compact the mass in a substance or object is called?
What is density?
What is an educated guess about the outcome of an experiment, often written using "IF" and "THEN"?
What is a hypothesis?
Which branch of Earth Science focuses on weather patterns?
What is meteorology?
Which planet is known for its thick atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide and clouds of sulfuric acid?
What is Venus?
What term describes the total amount of water on a planet, including water on the surface, underground, and in the air?
What is the hydrosphere?
Who was the philosopher and astronomer who made major contributions to the development of astronomy by discovering Jupiter?
Who is Galileo Galilei?
What do we call the process of interpreting collected data displayed in tables or graphs?
What is data analysis?
What is the term for the study of everything in the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere?
What is astronomy?
What is the only planet known to support life?
What is Earth?
What type of habitat is characterized by treeless, cold regions mostly found north of the Arctic Circle?
What is tundra?
Which planet has a diameter of 12,742 km and a density of 5.52 g/cm³?
What is Earth?
What type of question can be investigated with a single study to find an answer?What is a scientific question?
What is a scientific question?
What layer of the Earth is made of solid rocks and minerals and is the thinnest?
What is the crust?
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
What is Mars?
What is the term for a region that receives low amounts of precipitation and is very dry?
What is a desert?
What is the term for the solid Earth?
What is the geosphere?
What is the final statement that summarizes results and discusses the significance of a study?
What is a conclusion?
What is the thickest layer of the Earth, mostly made of solid rocks and semi-solid magma?
What is the mantle?
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
What is Jupiter?
What is the continuous body of saltwater that covers a large portion of Earth's surface called?
What are oceans?
Who was the first professional astronomer who discovered infrared radiation?
Who is William Herschel?