earth science chapter 1

Question 1

Matter

Answer 1

the stuff things are made of

Question 2

biosphere

Answer 2

all of the living things on Earth

Question 3

engineer

Answer 3

a person who uses science knowledge to design something in order to solve a problem

Question 4

hydrosphere

Answer 4

all of the liquid and ice on Earth

Question 5

energy

Answer 5

the ability to make things move or change

Question 6

synthesize

Answer 6

to put together multiple pieces of information in order to understand something

Question 7

property

Answer 7

what you can observe or measure about something that help you figure out what it is

Question 8

resource

Answer 8

a supply of something that is useful

Question 9

explanation

Answer 9

a description of how something works or why something happens

Question 10

observe

Answer 10

to use any of the five senses to gather information about something

Question 11

evidence

Answer 11

information that supports an answer to a question

Question 12

criteria

Answer 12

the things that engineers think about and test in order to know how well something solves a problem

Question 13

react

Answer 13

to change because of an interaction

Question 14

investigate

Answer 14

to try to learn more about something

Question 15

chemical reaction

Answer 15

a process in which substances change into different substances

Question 16

substance

Answer 16

matter that is made up of only one kind of atom or molecule