Earth's Systems
This system would include the glaciers and icebergs.
What is the cryosphere?
Name a non renewable resource
Iron, aluminum, petroleum
Earth scientists often use these to represent complex objects or ideas.
What is a model?
Parts work together as a whole.
What is a system?
The distance north and south of the equator
Latitude
Earth's atmosphere.
What is the system of Earth that contains all the gases?
Name a renewable resource
solar energy
A scientific law is based on many of these that are made over long periods of time.
What are observations?
This type of science is important for many types of careers, such as geologists, meteorologists, astronomers, and oceanographers.
What is Earth science?
The two hemispheres formed by the equator
northern and southern
This system includes the water cycle.
Elevation shown on a topographic map are called
contour lines
This is a statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under specific conditions. Example: When tossing up a ball, it will always fall to the ground.
What is a scientific law?
What is meteorology?
a flat representation of Earth's surface
Map
What is the system that contains all living things, like animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria?
distance measured in degrees east and west of the prime meridian
longitude
A well-tested explanation for a wide range of experiments or observations.
What is a scientific theory?
This branch of Earth science studies the forces that have shaped the Earth's surface.
What is geology?
Matter flows in and out of the system
Open system
Earth's system that includes a solid, rocky, outer layer.
Untested scientific explanation
hypothesis
This is a possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question.
What is a hypothesis?
This branch of Earth science studies the effects of human activities on Earth's land, air, water, and living things.
What is environmental science?
These forces slowly wear away mountains and other features on Earth's surface.
What are destructive forces?