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100

800 cm = _____ meters

8 meters

100

Convert 1,200,000 to Scientific Notation

1.2 x 10 ^ 6

100

This meridian is considered 0 degrees longitude.

Prime Meridian

100

In an experiment, this is the group that is not manipulated (does not receive the Independent variable). 

Control Group

100

The study of the forces and processes that cause weather.

Meterology

200

20 meters = _____ cm

2,000

200

Convert 5,020,000 to Scientific Notation

5.02 x 10 ^ 6

200

This line divided the Earth into the northern and Southern Hemisphere.

Equator

200

This is the variable which is directly changed by the scientist. 

Independent Variable

200

The study of materials that make up the Earth.

Geology

300

30 cm = ____ mm

300 millimeters 

300

Convert 0.000074 to Scientific Notation

7.4 x 10 ^ -5

300

Lines that run from pole to pole (up and down on a map). 

Lines of Longitude / Meridians


300

The variable which changes because of the independent variable.

Dependent Variable

300

The study of Earth's oceans.

Oceanography

400

50 millimeters = ___ cm

5 centimeters

400

Convert 2.5 x 10 ^ - 4 to standard notation

0.00025

400

The Prime Meridian runs through this city. This was the location of the Royal Naval Observatory.

Greenwich, England

400

Marge wants to know if using a pink sharpie will help students do better on their test. She gives 10 students a pink sharpie to complete their test, and 10 use a pencil. What is the dependent variable?

Test performance / higher scores

400

The study of interactions of organisms and their surroundings. 

Environmental Science


500

1.5 meters = ___ meters

15 decimeters

500

Convert 2.4 x 10 ^6 to standard notation

2,400,000

500

This line marks the change of one calendar day to the next. It is roughly based on the 180th meridian, but deviates to pass some territories and island groups. 

What is the international date line?

500

Marge wants to know if using a pink sharpie will help students do better on their test. She gives 10 students a pink sharpie to complete their test, and 10 use a pencil. What is the independent variable?

Use of the pink sharpie

500

The study of object's beyond Earth's atmosphere.

What is astronomy.