Nature of Science
A prediction that can be tested is a
What is a hypothesis?
This describes the range of electromagnetic waves when placed in order of increasing frequency
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
Sound waves travel fastest through this
What is a solid?
This gas makes up 78% of Earth's atmosphere
What is nitrogen?
This sphere includes all life on Earth
What is the biosphere?
Describes a natural phenomenon or relationship that always occurs under specific conditions
What is a scientific law?
This type of wave is used to heat up food
What is microwave?
This is the distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the next wave
What is wavelength?
This is the layer of the atmosphere where weather happens
What is the troposphere?
This sphere includes all the water on Earth
What is the hydrosphere?
The type of data that uses numbers
What is empirical data?
Ultraviolet Rays, ________________, Gamma Rays
What is X-rays?
Light travels the fastest through this
What is a vacuum?
This is the order of layers, starting above the Earth's surface and continuing up to space
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere?
The spheres involved during a hurricane?
What is atmosphere and hydrosphere?
This is a physical or conceptual representation of real world objects or processes.
What is a model?
This wave has the highest frequency
What is gamma rays?
This describes the height of the wave; the amount of energy a wave has
What is amplitude?
This chemical, found in the stratosphere, absorbs ultraviolet radiation, protecting life on Earth
What is ozone?
The sphere that includes all the rocks, minerals, and land on Earth
What is the geosphere?
Explains how a natural phenomenon works
What is a scientific theory?
FM/AM uses this type of wave that travels long distances
What is radio wave?
This describes the number of waves produced in a given amount of time
What is frequency?
This is the warmest layer
What is the thermosphere?
The spheres involved when hail damages a sugar cane crop
What is cryosphere and biosphere?