Chapter 1
Substance of the physical world
Matter
Testing the same hypothesis under different conditions and reaching the same conclusion
Reroducibility
Nourishing substance
Nutrients
The most abundant element in the earth‘s crust
Oxygen
The structure formed when a layer of rock breaks and moves
Fault
The study of soil
Pedology
Reusing old material
Recycling
Makes fruits firm up properly
Phosphorus
What type of fold in which the rock layers buckle upward into a arch-like structure
Anticline
The most active earthquake zone
Circum-Pacific belt
A model of a design that is used for testing
Prototype
Anything that provides a provides a partial representation of something
Model
Converts nitrogen into ammonia, nitrates, and other nitrogen compounds
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Area between the upper mantle and the lower mantle
Transition zone
What are the slowest type of earthquake waves
Surface waves
A conclusion based on reasoning from evidence
Inference
Provides standard names and descriptions of color of soil
Munsell chart
What type of bacteria converts ammonia in the soil into the atmospheric nitrogen
Denitrifying bacteria
Boundary between the crust and the mantle
Moho
The place on the earth’s surface directly above the where a earthquake begins
Epicenter
Reasoning from specific evidence to a more general conclusion
Inductive reasoning
Soil material from primarily derived from nonliving matter
Mineral material
Main function is to contribute to the general health of a plant and improve disease resistance
Potassium
The plastic rock in the lower portion of the upper mantle
Asthenosphere
In which technique of earthquake-resistant construction does the building have internal structures designed to absorb energy
Energy-dissipating device