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Introduction to Es
smolder-vths-intro to es vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is astronomy? | It is the study in science that helps us understand Earth's place in the universe. |
| Define atmosphere. | Atmosphere is the life- giving gaseous envelope that surrounds Earth. |
| What is the sphere that includes all of life. | Biosphere |
| What is a closed System? | It is a system the are self contained with regards to matter. |
| What is the dense inner sphere in Earth's layers? | The Core |
| What is the crust? | It is the light and very thin outer layer of Earth. |
| Define earth science. | Earth science is the name for all the sciences that collectively seek to understand Earth and its neighbors in space. |
| Elaborate on what earth system science is. | The endeavor that aims to study Earth as a system composed if numerous interacting parts, or subsystems. |
| Explain the term environment. | It referees to everything that surrounds and influences an organism. |
| What is the word that literally means "the study of Earth"? | geology |
| What is the hydrosphere? | The hydrosphere is a dynamic mass of liquid this continually on the move, evaporating from the oceans to the atmosphere, precipitating to the land, and running back to the ocean again. |
| What is a an untested explanation called? | A hypothesis |
| Define Lithosphere. | It is the rigid outer layer that includes the crust and upper most mantle. |
| What is the less dense part of the Earth? | The mantle |
| Explain what meteorology is. | Meteorology is the study of the atmosphere and the processes the produce weather and climate. |
| What is an untested explanation? | A model |
| Elaborate on the nebular hypothesis. | It suggests that the bodies of our solar system evolve from an enormous rotating cloud, composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. |
| Define negative feedback mechanism. | It is a system that works to maintain status quo. |
| A resources that has fixed quantities and can' be reused is? | An nonrenewable resource |
| Define oceanography. | It is the study of ocean and in all their aspects and relationships. |
| Elaborate on an open system. | In an open system both energy and matter flow into and out of the system. |
| What is theories that explain a large number of interrelated aspects of the natural world called? | Paradigms |
| What is physical environment? | It is encompasses water, air soil and rock, as well as conditions such as temperature, humidity, and sunlight. |
| What type of feedback mechanisms works to change the system? | Positive Feedback mechanisms |
| Define renewable resource. | It is a resource that can be reused over a relatively short period of time spans. |
| Elaborate on what a system is. | It can be any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole. |
| What is a theory? | A theory is a well-tested and widely accepted view that the scientific community agrees best explain certain observables facts. |
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