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ES Ch 1 Vocab
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Astronomy | The study of objects beyond earth |
Meteorology | The study of the atmosphere, which is the air surrounding Earth |
Geology | The study of the materials that make up Earth the processes that form and change these materials, and the history of science. |
Oceanography | The study of Earth's oceans, which cover nearly three-fourths of the planet. |
Environmental Science | The study of the interactions of organisms and their surroundings. |
Geography | The area from the surface of Earth down to its center. |
Atmosphere | The blanket of gases that surrounds our planet. |
Hydrosphere | All the water on Earth, including the water in the atmosphere |
Biosphere | All organisms on Earth as well as the environments in which they live. |
Scientific Methods | A method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses. |
Hypothesis | A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation. |
Independent variable | A variable whose variation does not depend on that of another. |
Dependent Variable | A variable (often denoted by y ) whose value depends on that of another. |
Control | A group or individual used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment. |
SI | The measurements used in the US. |
Scientific Notation | A method of writing or displaying numbers in terms of a decimal number between 1 and 10, multiplied by a power of 10. |
Scientific Model | An idea, a system, or a mathematical expression that represents the idea being explained |
Scientific Theory | An explanations based on many observations during repeated experiments. |
Scientific Law | A principle that describes the behavior of a natural phenomon |