11/1/22 Flashcards
(25 cards)
What are the five areas of earth science?
Answer: Oceanography, Meteorology, Environmental Science, Geology, Astronomy
What are the four parts of the earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere
Which of the earth’s systems deals with growth?
Answer: biosphere
What is the purpose of a theory in an experiment?
Answer: to form a hypothesis
What type of variable responds to a change?
Answer: manipulated
When you work in a field, you should tell an adult where you are
Answer: True
The best time to learn about or use lab equipment is when your doing the lab
Answer: False
Technology is the same thing as science
Answer: False
Stone tools are an example of technology
Answer: True
An example of a model used in earth science is a weather map
Answer: True
All of earth’s water makes up the ________.
Answer: hydrosphere
The rocky surface of earth is called the ________.
Answer: lithosphere
_____ are facts and figures gathered by observing.
Answer: Data
_____ is an explanation for things you observe.
Answer: Inference
A scientific _______ is a description of what always happens in a given situation.
Answer: law
Any outdoor area where you do a science activity is called_____.
Answer: field
A group of people who live together in an area and have things in common are called______.
Answer: society
The goal of science is to understand the _____ world.
Answer: natural
___ is the way that people change the world around them
Answer: Technology
Geologists study the forces that have changed earth’s _____.
Answer: surface
Earth scientists who study the atmosphere are called ______
Answer: meteorologist
____ is the part of the earth that is made up of living things.
Answer: biosphere
A well supported idea that explains many observations is a scientific _______.
Answer: theory
_____ is the possible answer to a scientific question.
Answer: Hypothesis
