Study of the Earth Flashcards
What is a system?
A collection of related objects.
What is a cycle?
A group of processes that transfer matter or energy from one reservoir to another.
What is a reservoir?
A storage location for matter or energy
What is an ecosystem?
The community of organisms and the environment in which an organism lives.
What is the hydrosphere?
All the water on or below Earth’s surface.
What is the atmosphere?
All the gases that surround the Earth.
What is the Geosphere?
The solid and liquid rocks and minerals from Earth’s surface to its core.
What is the Biosphere?
All the living organism on Earth
What is a line graph?
Type of graph that shows the relationship between two measured values.
What is a histogram?
Type of graph that shows the frequency of one measured variable.
What is a pie chart or circle graph?
Type of graph that shows parts of a whole.
What is a legend?
A chart associated with a graph that shows what the symbols or colors indicate.
What is an increment?
The values assigned to the spacing on a graph.
What variable appears on the x-axis (horizontal) of a line graph?
The independent variable
What variable appears on the y-axis (vertical) of a line graph?
The dependent variable
What is an observation?
Information gathered through senses or by measurement.
What is an inference?
Analysis of data to reach a conclusion
