Chapter 1 Flashcards
Astronomy
The study of objects in space
Meteorology
The study of weather
Geology
The study of terrestrial materials
Oceanography
The study of earth’s oceans
Climatology
The study of climates and stuff that affects climates
Paleontology
The study of fossils and ancient environments
Hydrology
The study of flowing water underground and above ground/water pollution/water pollution solutions
Ecology
The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment
Geochemistry
The study of the chemistry of minerals in the earth and how they get changed
Tectonics
The study of tectonic plates
Lithosphere
The crust and the mantle
Asthenosphere
The areas of the mantle that are liquid rock
Hydrosphere
All water on and around earth
Atmosphere
Air
Biosphere
Everything living on earth
Hypothesis
An educated guess to explain the observation
Independent variable
A variable that controls the dependent variable
Dependent variable
Variable that changes when other things change
Control
A test where nothing is changed
SI
Modern version of the metric system
SI unit for length
Meter
SI unit for weight and mass
Kilogram
SI unit for area and volume
Meters
SI unit for time
Second
SI unit for temperature
Kelvins
Theory
A hypothesis that has been proven many times
Law
Basic principle that describes how natural phenomena work
