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Branches of Earth Science
Scientific Method
Scientific Models
Global Warming Model
Measurement
100
The study of the solid Earth.
What is Geology?
100
A series of steps that scientists use to answer questions and solve problems.
What is the Scientific Method?
100
A representation of an object or system.
What is a model?
100
The worldwide increase in temperature.
What is global warming?
100
The base unit of length in the SI system.
What is the meter?
200
The study of all physical things beyond Earth.
What is Astronomy?
200
A possible explanation or answer to the question.
What is a hypothesis?
200
Models that you can touch.
What is a physical model?
200
The act of greenhouse gases being trapped and re-radiating energy to the lower atmosphere.
What is the greenhouse effect?
200
The base unit of mass in the SI system.
What is the kilogram?
300
The study of the ocean.
What is Oceanography?
300
An experiment that tests only one factor at a time.
What is a controlled experiment?
300
Made up of mathematical equations and data.
What is a mathematical model?
300
Partly responsible for the Earth's moderate temperatures, which are suitable to support life.
What is sunlight?
300
The amount of space that something occupies.
What is volume?
400
Combines the study of geology and chemistry.
What is geochemistry?
400
Concluding whether or not the results support the hypothesis.
What is drawing conclusions?
400
A system of ideas.
What is a conceptual model?
400
Believed to be factor in global warming, destruction of rain forests.
What is deforestation?
400
The measure of how hot or cold something is, measured in Kelvins.
What is temperature?
500
Requires people who are trained in many disciplines, such as biology, geology, chemistry, climatology, mathematics and computer technology.
What is Ecology?
500
The last step in the scientific method, arguably the most important step.
What is sharing results?
500
A unifying explanation for a broad range of hypotheses and observations that have been supported by testing.
What is a theory?
500
The gases that are responsible for the hole in the ozone layer.
What are Chlorofluorocarbons.
500
The amount of matter that something is made of.
What is mass?