Who studies the air, water, space, and Earth to explain phenomena such as rain, tides, meteors, and earthquakes?
What is earth scientists.
100
Another word for a mapmaker is....
What is a cartographer.
100
What scientist said, "To me, the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"?
What is Albert Einstein.
100
What is a unifying concept that forms the basis of scientific investigation?
What is a paradigm.
100
What ancient civilization constructed the first calendar?
What is the Mayans.
200
What method do earth scientists use to find answers to questions about earth?
What is the scientific method.
200
The horizon can be divided into four quadrants of north, south, east and west. These quadrants/directions are called....
What is cardinal directions.
200
What is balance in the earth's system?
What is equilibrium.
200
What is an educated guess?
What is a hypothesis.
200
What culture made a catalog of rocks and minerals in 200 BC?
What is the Greeks.
300
What three spheres are studied in earth science?
What is the geosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere.
300
Maps are divided into the four cardinal quadrants with a....
What is a compass rose.
300
What does convection generate?
What is movement from heat.
300
In an experiment the independent variable directly affects the.....
What is dependent variable.
300
What civilization began keeping records of earthquakes in 780 BC?
What is the Chinese.
400
What are the four fields of study in earth science?
What is astronomy, hydrology, meteorology and geology.
400
Which way does a compass point because of earth's magnetic field?
What is north.
400
Matter and _______ are conserved on earth.
What is energy.
400
What is a cause and effect relationship that affects a variable in earth science?
What is causation.
400
How did early cultures explain natural disasters like earthquakes?
What is developing myths or stories.
500
A rain gauge, tensiometer and water-level meter are all tools used to study....
What is hydrology.
500
What is measured in degrees beginning at the equator and runs east-west?
What is latitude.
500
Earth is the ultimate recycler. Water, air, and even rocks are subject to cycles that operate over time frames that span minutes to millions of years.
What concept in earth science does this statement represent?
What is the cycling of matter and energy.
500
What is a group in a lab experiment that is exposed to the tested variable?
What is experimental group.
500
What ancient civilization followed the patterns of the sun, moon and planets?