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Science is Everywhere
The Scientific Toolbox
Introducing Earth
General Questions 1
General Questions 2
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If you want to disprove a hypothesis, you must perform a(n)
experiment
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The basic SI unit for mass is...
grams
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The study of rocks and rock formation is called
geology
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Define mass
Amount of matter in something
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What does the prefix "centi" mean?
100 times smaller
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Pieces of information collected is called
data
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The basic SI unit for volume is...
liters
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The middle part of the tree is called
the pith
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Define volume
amount of space something takes up
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What is dendrochronology?
Tree-ring dating
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The process for answering questions is called...
science
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A measurement contains what 2 parts?
a number and an unit
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Roughly how old is the Earth?
around 4.6 billion years old
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What is superposition
older things on bottom, younger things on top
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What organisms lived in the pre-cambrian era?
single-celled organisms
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What are the 5 senses?
taste, touch, small, sight, hearing
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Your ____ is different on Earth than on the Moon
weight
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The vertical line at 0 degrees longitude is called
the prime meridian
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How are topographic and bathymetric maps similar?
They both use contour lines
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How many independent variables can you have in a well-designed experiment?
one
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Name the 5 steps of the scientific method in order
observe, question, hypothesis, experiment/collect data/, conclusion
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The variable that is affected by the independent variable is called...
the dependent variable
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What is the difference between a topographic map and a bathymetric map?
Topographic map measures elevation, while bathymetric map measures depth.
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In a system, all variables besides the independent variable and dependent variable must be...
controlled
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What is the difference between relative dating and radioactive dating?
Relative dating tells the order of when things happened, while radioactive dating tells the exact time of when things happened.