AMSA EarthScience Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| What are the Different Science's that are involved in Earth Science | Geology, Astronomy, Paleontology, Meteorology, Oceanography |
| What is an Open System | A system which continuously interacts with its environment. Interactions can be Energy, Matter, or Information |
| What is a Closed System | Can not exchange energy |
| What is an Isolated System | Can not exchange matter or energy |
| What is the Atmosphere | A Gaseous thin envelope that surronds the Earth and goes up 100km. 90% of the atmosphere is in the first 16km. |
| What is Science | A branch of knowledge or study |
| What is a Theory | An explanation based off many observations during repeated experiments Concise |
| What is a Law | A concise verbal or mathematical statement of a relation that expresses a fundamental principal of science |
| What is a Hypothesis | An educated guess |
| There are two ways of classifying the Earth's layers | Compositional and Physical Layer |
| How old is the Earth | 4.54 Billion Years |
| What is Differentiation | No two things are the same |
| What is the earliest eon | its the Prehistoric eon |
| How does the increase pressure affect rocks melting points | Decreases it |
| True or False: Everything in nature behave according to comprehensible laws and scientific concepts that can be tested. (What is this called) | True, The most important scientific fact |
| What is the most important assumption about science | Everything in the natural world behaves according to compressible laws & scientific concepts that can be tested. |
| What are the two types of crust | Mantle and Mesophere |
| What does it mean for an idea to be scientific | That it has been tested and proven |
| Most important assumption. (einbatc) | Everything in nature behaves according to comprehensible laws and can be tested. |
| what is the density of the earths top layer crust? | 5-7 km thick |
| what is the density of the earths continental crust? | 8-7.5 km(Mt. Everest) |
| What is the density of earths Oceanic crust? | -5-7km(made of Basalt or Gabbro) |
| What is the density of earths Mantle? | -2890km Thick |
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