11/1/22 Flashcards

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What are the five areas of earth science?

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Answer: Oceanography, Meteorology, Environmental Science, Geology, Astronomy

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What are the four parts of the earth’s atmosphere?

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Answer: lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere

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Which of the earth’s systems deals with growth?

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Answer: biosphere

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What is the purpose of a theory in an experiment?

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Answer: to form a hypothesis

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What type of variable responds to a change?

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Answer: manipulated

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When you work in a field, you should tell an adult where you are

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Answer: True

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The best time to learn about or use lab equipment is when your doing the lab

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Answer: False

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Technology is the same thing as science

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Answer: False

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Stone tools are an example of technology

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Answer: True

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An example of a model used in earth science is a weather map

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Answer: True

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All of earth’s water makes up the ________.

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Answer: hydrosphere

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The rocky surface of earth is called the ________.

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Answer: lithosphere

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_____ are facts and figures gathered by observing.

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Answer: Data

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_____ is an explanation for things you observe.

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Answer: Inference

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A scientific _______ is a description of what always happens in a given situation.

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Answer: law

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Any outdoor area where you do a science activity is called_____.

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Answer: field

17
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A group of people who live together in an area and have things in common are called______.

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Answer: society

18
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The goal of science is to understand the _____ world.

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Answer: natural

19
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___ is the way that people change the world around them

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Answer: Technology

20
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Geologists study the forces that have changed earth’s _____.

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Answer: surface

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Earth scientists who study the atmosphere are called ______

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Answer: meteorologist

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____ is the part of the earth that is made up of living things.

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Answer: biosphere

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A well supported idea that explains many observations is a scientific _______.

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Answer: theory

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_____ is the possible answer to a scientific question.

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Answer: Hypothesis

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When using your 5 senses to gather information it is called ________.

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Answer: observation or observing