Spheres
Four of Earth's systems
What are the Pedosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, and Atmosphere?
Light years measure distance. One light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles. This number in scientific notation
What is 5.865696 x 1012
T or F? Scientific theories are rudimentary ideas that will eventually graduate into scientific laws when enough data and evidence has been accumulated.
What is False?
This graph consists of a sequence of data points, with each corresponding to an ordered pair (x, y). This type of graph is helpful when showing a trend over time, and comparing two variables, one of which is dependent on the other.
What is a line graph?
Killed Dobby
Who is Bellatrix?
The system that includes all organisms on Earth
What is the biosphere?
Number of feet per mile.
What is 5,280 ft?
A simple, universal, sometimes mathematical statement of fact meant to explain an action or set of actions in concise terms.
What is a scientific law?
Primarily used to draw comparisons between parts of a whole.
What is a Pie Chart?
Killed Abel
Who is Cain?
Someone who studies volcanoes.
What is a volcanologist?
0.000023 in scientific notation
What is 2.3 x 10-5
Falsifiable assertion that provides a possible explanation for natural phenomena.
What is a hypothesis?
This chart is a type of graph that shows grouped data vertically or horizontally. Chart is useful for analyzing relationships between two variables across a number of categories.
What is a bar graph?
Kills Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
Who is Yondu? He sacrifices himself so Peter Quill can live.
The best current explanations supported by experimental evidence that scientists have to offer.
What are theories?
The numbers of seconds in 4 hours.
What is 14,440 seconds?
Label the following hypotheses as F (falsifiable) or NF (non-falsifiable)
a) _____ Devils Tower is not an old volcano, but an igneous intrusion- rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies before it reaches the surface.
b) _____ Devils Tower’s sheer rock faces and hundreds of columns and cracks are a siren song for climbers.
c) _____ Key West is the only place in the United States that does not get frost.
d) _____ Almost 1,400 species of marine plants and animals llive on the Florida Reef.
What is F, NF, F, F
Chart has points that are graphed along the two axes. This type of graph represents the relationship between two sets of data, help us determine if there is a correlation between two different variables.
What is a scatter plot?
Killed Bambi's mom.
Who is the hunter?
Biosphere 2 has two 40,000lb _________ to keep it from exploding or imploding due to temperature/pressure changes in the air.
What are geodesic domes, diaphragms, lungs?
100 mi/hr = _________m/s (1 mile = 1,609 meters, 1 hour = 3,600 seconds)
What is 44.7 m/s?
Asbestos mining occurred in numerous states in the 20th century. The men who worked in local asbestos mines were exposed to asbestos, which is a known risk for lung cancer. It is well known that smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer. It's also known that miners tend to smoke more bc of the stress they are exposed to.
T or F: asbestos mining could be a confounder of the relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
What is true?
The correlation between the number of hours Sara plays video games and the grades she gets is -0.9. Which phrase describes the correlation between the number of hours Sara plays video games and the grades she achieves? perfect correlation, no correlation, strong positive correlation, strong negative correlation, weak positive correlation
What is a strong negative correlation?
Killed Hans Solo.
Who is Kylo Ren?