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Ch1 second 1 earth
Question | Answer |
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Science | A way of learning about the natural world through observations and reasoning. |
Observing | Using sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell to gather information. |
Infering | To explain or interpret things you observe. |
Predicting | Making a gues of what will happen in the future based on experience. |
Scientific inquiry | The many ways wich scietists study the natural world and creat explanations based on evednce. |
Hypotesis | A possible explanation for a set of observations or ancer a question. |
Controlled experiment | A test of a hypothesis under conditions established by the scientist. |
Variable | A factor that can be changed in an experiment. |
Manipulated variable | The variable that a scientist changes in an experiment. |
Responding Variable | The variable that changes because of the manipulated variable. |
Data | information from observations. |
Scientific theory | A well-tested Scientific concept that explains a wide range of observations. |
Scientific law | Describes an observed pattern in nature, but does not provide an explanation for it. |
Earth science | The study of Earth. |
System | A group of parts that work together as a whole. |
Energy | The ability to do work or cause change. |
Constructive force | A force that shapes Earth's serface by building up mountains and landmasses. |
Destructive force | A force that slowly wears away mountains and every other feature on Earth's surface. |
Geologist | Scientists who study the forces that have shaped Earth throughout its long history. |
Oceanographer | Scientists who study everything from the oceans water to the shape of the ocean floor to living things in the ocean's depths. |
Meteorologist | Scientists who gather information about conditions in the atmosphere from around the world. |
Astronomer | Scientists who studys the focus on the solar system, stars, and galaxies. |
Environmental scientist | Scientists who studys hunans efect on Earth's environmentand resources. |
Technology | How people modify the world around them to meet their needs or to solve practical problems. |
Engineer | A person who is trained to use technological and scientific knoledge to solve problems. |
Step 1 - SM | Posing a Question - based on an observation |
Step 2 - SM | Developing a Hypoththesis |
Step 3 - SM | Disigning an Experiment - to test the hypothesis |
Step 4 - SM | Collecting and Interpreting Data |
Step 5 - SM | Drawing Conclusions |
Step 6 - SM | Communicating |