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BMMS 6Science Ch 1

BMMS Science Ch 1 - Intro to Earth Science

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Science a way of learning about the natural world
Observing using one or more of your senses to gather information
Inferring explaining or interpreting things that you observe
Predicting making a forecast of what will happen in the future based upon past experience or evidence
Scientific Inquiry asking questions about what you observe
Hypothesis possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question
Variable one of the factors that can change in an experiment
Data facts and figures and other evidence gathered through observations
Energy ability to do work, or cause change
Atmosphere mixture of gases that surrounds the planet
Hydrosphere Earth’s oceans, lakes, rivers and ice
Lithosphere Earth’s solid, rocky outer layer
Biosphere all living things
Matter makes up everything in the universe
Wave the up and down, and back and forth, motion that carries energy from place to place
Heat thermal energy transferred from one object to another
Thermal energy total energy of all the atoms that make up an object
Earth Science term for the body of knowledge about Earth and the forces that change our planet
Topography the shape of the land
Elevation height above sea level
Relief difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
Plain nearly flat, or gently rolling land with low relief
Mountain landform with high elevation and high relief
Plateau landform with high elevation and a more or less level surface
Map flat model of all or part of Earth’s surface as seen from above
Scale relates distance on a map to a distance on Earth’s surface
Latitude distance in degrees north or south of the equator
Longitude distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian
Topographic map shows the surface features of an area
Contour line connects points of equal elevation
Contour interval change in elevation from contour line to contour line
Index Contour labeled with the elevation in round units, usually the 5th contour line, is darker and heavier
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