1 Science Test Flashcards

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What is a prediction?

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is a statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events

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What is a hypothesis?

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is a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations.

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What are three ways you can communicate results to other scientists?

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Write science journal articles
Speak at science conventions
Exchange information on the internet

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What are four ways you can test your hypothesis?

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Design an experiment
Make a model
Gather and evaluate evidence or research
Collect data/record observations

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What are three ways you can analyze results?

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Graph results
Classify information
Make calculations

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What happens when a hypothesis or a group of hypotheses has been tested many times and has been supported by the repeated scientific investigations?

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The hypothesis can become a scientific theory.

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What is a scientific theory?

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is an explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.

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What is a scientific law?

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is a rule that describes a pattern in nature

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What is critical thinking?

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comparing what you already know with the information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it

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What are the two types of descriptions?

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Qualitative- you use your senses to describe an observation.

Quantitive- you use numbers and measurement to describe an observation

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Is Earth a perfect sphere?

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No, Earth is somewhat flattened at the poles with a slight bulge around the equator.

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What is the atmosphere?

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is the layer of gases surrounding Earth. It is Earth’s outer-most system. This layer is about 100 km thick. It is a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and traces of other gases.

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What is the Hydrosphere?

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The hydrosphere is water on Earth’s surface, water underground, and liquid water in the atmosphere.

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What is the Cryosphere?

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Frozen water, such as glaciers.

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What is the geosphere?

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Is Earth’s entire body.

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What is the biosphere?

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includes all living things on Earth.

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How do you find the density of something?

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Which layer of the earth is the most dense?

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the bottom layer.

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What are the two parts of the crust?

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The oceanic crust and the continental crust.

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Is the oceanic curst or the continental curst more dense?

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The oceanic crust.

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What are the four layers of the mantle?

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Uppermost mantle, asthensosphere, upper mantle, lower mantle

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What is the lithosphere?

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The crust and the uppermost mantle.

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What is the asthenosphere?

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Rocks are so hot that they begin to melt. The rocks begin to flow.

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What is the upper mantle and the lower mantle?

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Neither of these layers melt because the pressure is so great down there.

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What is the core?
outer core- it is liquid. | Inner core- It is a ball of solid iron crystal.
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What creates Earth's magnetic field?
The earth's inner core spins faster than the earth's outer core.
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What is Earth's magnetosphere?
The outer part of the magnetic field that interacts with the sun's particles. It protects us from the sun's harmful rays.