Intro to Earth Science
A weather map is an example of ____.
What is a model.
A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question is called a ____.
What is a hypothesis.
The SI unit for length is ___.
What is a meter.
A ____ force slowly wears a way mountains and other features on the surface of Earth.
What is destructive.
A standard for comparison in an experiment is called a ____.
What is a control.
The knowledge of ____ science is essential in many different careers, such as those of geologists, meteorologists, astronomers and oceanographers.
A scientific ___ is a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results.
What is a theory.
The SI unit kilograms measures ___.
What is mass.
The part of the Earth system that includes Earth's solid, rocky, outer layer is the ____.
What is a lithosphere.
In scientific experiment, the one variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis is called the ___ variable.
What is independent.
The ability to do work or cause change is ____.
What is energy.
A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions is a ____.
The symbol for time measured is ____.
What is "s".
Earth scientists often use ____ to represent complex objects or processes.
What is models.
What type of graph would we use for the following data?
Diet of a Marmoset:
Fruit 62%; Insects 16%; Leaves 16%; Miscellaneous 6%
What is a circle (pie) graph.
____ study the effects of humans activities on Earth's land, air, water and living things.
What is Environmental Science.
A scientific law is based on repeated ____ made over long periods of time.
What is observations.
The SI unit Kelvin measures ____ and the symbol is ____.
What are temperature and "K".
Which Earth system includes animals and plants?
What is the biosphere.
A ____ is a visual display of information or data.
What is a graph.
What are the Earth's five major systems?
What are: lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, cryosphere and biosphere.
To test a hypothesis, a scientist designs a(n) ____.
What is an experiment.
What unit does a mole measure?
What is an amount of substance.
Explain the difference between destructive and constructive forces on Earth's surface.
What is constructive builds mountains and landmasses, destructive wear away surface features slowly over time.
In a line graph, the ____ axis is called the y-axis.
What is the vertical.