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science ch1 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the study of the universe | astronomy |
| the zone of the earths interrior extending about 2100 kilometers between earths inner core and the mantle and made of liquid and nickel | outer core |
| spherical center of the earth about 2800 kilometers in diameter and made of solid iron and nickel | inner core |
| outer layer of earth that covers earths mantle | crust |
| the study of earhts surface and the interior | geology |
| possible explanation for an event or solution to a problem which is based on information | hypothesis |
| the study of earths atmosphere | meteorology |
| the layer of rock in earht extending from the crust downward 2850 kilometers | mantle |
| the study of the worlds oceans | oceanography |
| the process by which green plantmanufacture sugars and starches from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight | photosynthesis |
| hypothetical whirling gaseous masses within a giant cloud of gas and dust rotating around the sun;protoplanets and thought to have given rise to planets and moons | protoplanet |
| suggests that about 5 billion years ago a great cloud rotated in space | protoplanet hypothesis |