Terms
A factor in an experiment that can change.
What is an dependent variable
the Earth's oceans
What is oceanography
the distance in degrees north or south of the equator. (Running parallel to the equator)
What is latitude?
Earth has a squishy interior
What is True
the use of sound waves to detect and measure objects underwater
What is sonar
A suggested explanation of an educated guess of an observation
What is hypothesis
the materials that make up the Earth
What is geology
represents 0 degrees longitude
What is prime meridian?
Humans are spinning because of the Earth's rotation at over 5,000 miles/hr
What is false
(answer: 1,000 miles/hr)
Global Positioning System
What is GPS
The basic system of measurement used by the scientific community
What is Le System International d' Units
the air surrounding the earth including weather patterns.
What is meteorology
the distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian
What is longitude?
What is true
used by fishing fleets and deep-sea drilling operations.
What is sunbeam
A basic fact that describes the behavior of a natural phenomenon.
What is law
habitats and organisms and how they react with each other
What is ecology
serves as the transition line for calendar days.
(180 degrees meridian)
What is International Date Line?
the wind has been known to move rocks weighing tens of hundreds of pounds
What is true
collecting data from far above Earth's surface.
What is remote sensing
The factor in an experiment that is manipulated by the experimenter
What is independent variable
the science of mapmaking
What is cartography
the invisible line that circles the Earth halfway between the north and south pole
What is equator?
lakes can explode and suffocate people
What is true
(In Cameroon magma below the surface releases carbon dioxide into the lakes, resulting in a deep, carbon dioxide-rich layer right above the lakebed. That carbon dioxide can be released in an explosion, asphyxiating anyone passing by)
topography experiment
What is Topex