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branches of envoirnmental science
Question | Answer |
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study of origin, history, and the structure of the solid earth | geology |
study of the movement, distribution and quality of water on earth and other planets | hydrology |
study of the earth's atmosphere,weather and climate | meteorology |
study of the universe beyond earth | astronomy |
study of the earths origin and evolution | cosmology |
study of the past geological periods and there fossils | paleontology |
a reasonable explanation or suggested solution to a problem | hypothesis |
the process by which scientist collectively and overtime construct an accurate representation of the world | scientific method |
a statement that we know to be true through direct observation | fact |
relatively simple statements that describe and predict outcomes | law |
an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon tested hypothesis's and verified multiple times | theory |
an opinion or conviction about a topic | belief |
a true or well founded can be proved by science | valid |
based fully or mostly upon observations or experience | empirical evidence |
an idea that allows us to create explanations of how we think some part of the world works | model |
3d representation that can be touched | physical model |
verbal or graphic design on how a system works | conceptual model |
a mathmatical equation represents the way a system works or is organized | mathmatical model |
how close the measured value is to the accepted value | accurate |
how close the measured values to the other ones you just measured | precise |
a prejudice or segragation of or from a topic | bias |
the variables that should not be allowed to change or interfear with the experiment | controlled variable |
a group or individual in the experiment that is not tested but used for comparison as a reference for normal | control |
what is being changed and manipulated for the test | independent variable |
what is being measured or observed and can change depending on the manipulated variable | dependent variable |
a copy or answer | replication |
an act or process for selecting a sample to test | sampling |