Scientific Method
Which of the following are not a type of variable that can be measured or manipulated during an experiment?
a. constant
b. dependent
c. common
d. independent
c. common
Rocky surfaces and iron cores
a. Terrestrial Giants
b. Gas Giants
c. Terrestrial Planets
d. Gas Rocks
c. Terrestrial Planets
3rd Planet from the sun -
Earth
Breaking up of rock by water, plants, and animals -
a. weathering
b. erosion
c. deposition
d. chemicals
a. weathering
An educated guess or prediction about what will happen based on what you already know or learned from research -
a. experiment
b. observation
c. prediction
d. hypothesis
d. hypothesis
Surfaces that are slushy due to gaseous atmosphere -
a. Terrestrial Giants
b. Gas Giants
c. Terrestrial Planets
d. Gas Rocks
b. Gas Giants
A giant star -
The Sun
The process by which eroded sediment is deposited and added to a land-form -
a. weathering
b. erosion
c. deposition
d. chemicals
c. deposition
Gathering information through the 5 senses -
a. experiment
b. observation
c. prediction
d. hypothesis
What is at the center or our solar system?
The Sun
Satellite rock, orbits the Earth -
The Moon
The movement of rock by wind and water -
a. weathering
b. erosion
c. deposition
d. chemicals
b. erosion
Guessing what will happen next based on your observations -
a. experiment
b. observation
c. prediction
d. inferences
c. prediction
Earth is in the center was believed by -
a. Aristotle and Copernicus
b. Aristotle and Galileo
c. Copernicus and Galileo
d. Aristotle and Ptolemy
d. Aristotle and Ptolemy
The Earth is approximately ______ years old
a. 400 billion
b. 4.6 billion
c. 3.4 trillion
d. 4 million
Plant roots breaking up a rock is an example of -
a. weathering
b. erosion
c. deposition
d. chemicals
a. weathering
Explanations you make based on your own observations, or your own experiences -
a. experiment
b. observation
c. prediction
d. inferences
d. inferences
Heliocentric model - Sun in the center of the solar system :
a. Aristotle and Copernicus
b. Aristotle and Galileo
c. Copernicus and Galileo
d. Aristotle and Ptolemy
c. Copernicus and Galileo
_____________ - spinning motion, takes the hours 24 hours to rotate
Sand blowing in the wind and creating a hole in the gran canyon is an example of -
a. weathering
b. erosion
c. deposition
d. chemicals
b. erosion