Vocab
Earth Science
- is the name for the group of sciences that studies Earth and its neighbors in space
The Big Bang Theory
- the universe was confined to a dense, hot, supermassive ball; then about 13.7 billion years ago, an expression occurred
Geology
- Earth Science
If/then statement
- Hypothesis
Ms. Morales' favorite Earth Space subject
- Astronomy
Geology
- the study of Earth
Hypothesis
- a scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it
Plate Tectonics
- Geology
Points on a surface moving further apart
- The Big Bang Theory
- Scientific Theory
Oceanography
Hubble's Law
- the farthest galaxies are retreating the fastest
Cosmic Microwave Background
- Astronomy
Light from distant galaxies is stretched out
- Red Shift
Is the following sentence true or false?
All distant galaxies are moving away from ours because our galaxy is at the center of the universe.
- False, this is due to the expansion of the universe, not because we are the center.
Astronomy
- the study of the universe
Red Shift
- increase in wavelength, decrease in frequency
Seafloor Mapping
- Oceanography
Loaf of raisin bread rising in an over; raisins moving further apart
- Hubble's Law
Based on observation and describes how things behave in the natural world
- Scientific Law
Meteorology
- the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate
Doppler Effect
- when a source is moving away from an observer, its light appears redder than it actually is, because its waves appear lengthened
Hurricanes
- Meteorology
- The Doppler Effect
What is evidence of the Big Bang Theory?
- Red Shift of galaxies
- Cosmic Background Radiation