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Vocab Terms
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Scientific study of Earth and the universe around it. | Earth Science |
| The scientific study of the ocean. | Oceanography |
| The study of the orgin, history, processes, and structure of the solid Earth. | Geology |
| The scientific study of Earth's atmosphere. | Meteorology |
| The study of the universe beyond Earth, | Astronomy |
| The study of the ways in which humans interact with the environment. | Environmental Science |
| The study of past and present climates. | Climatology |
| The scientific study of the properties, distribution, use, and circulation of the water on Earth. | Hydrology |
| The branch of geology that studies the movement of the subsurface water through rocks and the effect of movement water on rocks, including their erosion. | Hydrogeology |
| The process if obtaining information by using the senses. | observation |
| An idea or explanation that is based on observations that can be tested. | Hypothesis |
| A problem to be tested or solved through an experimet. | Question |
| Factors that can be changed by the person performing the experiment. | Indepenedent Variable |
| Variables that change as a result of a change in the independent variable. | Dependent Variable |
| A group that serves as a standard of of comparision with another group to which control group as identical except for one factor. | Control Group |
| An experiment that contains a control group. | Controlled Experiment |
| The decision or answer to ht e question, based on data or observation./ | Conclusion |
| How close a measurement is the true value of the living being measured. | Accuracy |
| The exactness of the measurement. | Precision |
| An expression of the amount of impecision or variable in a set of measurements. | Error |
| A decription, representation, or imatation of an object, system, process, or concept. | Model |
| Verbal or graphical models that represent how a system works or is organized. | Conceptual Model |
| Mathmatical equation that represents a way a system or process works. | Mathematical Modal |
| The use of a computer to represent simple processes or complex system. | Computer Model |
| The process in which experts in a given field examine the results and conclusions of a scientist's study before the study is excepted for publication. | Peer Review |
| The explanation for some phenomenon that is based on obeservation, experimentation, and reasoning; that is supported by a large quanity of evidence; and that does not conflict with any excisting expermental or observation. | Theory |
| Random errors which cause measurements to be too larger too small. | Measurement Error |
| Something that is believed to be true without proof. | Assumption |
| The Distance from end to end. | Length |
| The amount of space occupied by an object. | Volume |
| A measurement of the force of gravitypulling on an object mass. | Weight |
| The amount of matter in a substance. | Mass |
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