11/1/22 Flashcards
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