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Earth science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| qualitive | Describing something with words or qualities not numbers |
| Quantitive | Describing something with numbers or |
| Inorganic | Not living example minerals |
| Weathering | Process of breaking down rocks onEarth's surface into smaller pieces |
| Erosion | Transportation of rocks,oil, or sediment from one place to another |
| Solution | A mixture of two or more variables |
| Solute | A substance that gets dissolved in a solution example gypsum |
| Solvent | A substance that does the dissolving in a solution example water |
| Control Variable | the factor that is kept the same throughout an experiment so it doesn't affect the results |
| Independent variable | The factor that you change the per pole in an experiment to see how it affects the results example amount of borax |
| Dependant Variable | The factor that you measure or observe and an experiment and changes because of the independent variable example size of crystals |
| Mineral | Naturally occurring inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition plus a definite molecular structure |