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Astronomy study of objects beyond earth's atmosphere
Atmosphere blanket of gases surrounding earth that contains nitrogen oxygen and other gases
Biosphere all the earth's organisms and the environment in which they live
geology study of materials that make up earth and the processes that form and change these materials
hydrosphere all the water in Earth's oceans seas lakes rivers and glaciers plus the water in the atmosphere
lithosphere earth's rigid outer shell including the crust and the solid uppermost part of the mantle
meteorology branch to earth science that studies the air that surrounds our planet
oceanography study of earth's oceans including the creatures that inhabit its water
control standard for comparison in an experiment
constant factors in an experiment that are the same for each trial
independent variable factor that is manipulated by the experimenter in an experiment
dependent variable factor in an experiment that can change if the independent variable is changed
hypothesis a suggested explanation for an pbservation
theory an explanation based on many observations during repeated experiments
law basic fact that describes the behavior of a natural phenomena
geosphere the parts of the earth having to do with the crust mantle and core
prime meridian sero degrees longitude used as a reference line from which longitude east and west is measured
equator imaginary line drawn around the earth that splits it into a North and a South hemisphere
latitude imaginary horizontal parallel lines on a map that measure north and south of the equator
longitude imaginary vertical lines that run from the poles on a map and measure east and west of the prime meridian
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