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Introduction to ES
Saber-vths-intro to es vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is atronomy? | Astronomy is the study of the universe. |
| What is the life-giving gaseous envolope that surrounds the Earth? | the atmosphere |
| Whatn is the biosphere? | The biosphere includes all life on Earth. |
| What is a closed system? | A closed system is a self-contained system with regard to matter. |
| What is the dense inner sphere of the Earth called? | the core |
| What is the crust? | The crust is the light and very thin outer skin of Earth. |
| What is Earth science? | Earth science is the name for all the sciences that collectively seek to understand Earth and its neighbors in space. |
| What is Earth system science? | Earth system science aims to study Earth as a system composed of numerous interacting parts, or subsystems. |
| What is the environment? | The environment is everything that surrounds and influences an organism. |
| What is geology? | Geology literally means "study of Earth". |
| What is the hydrosphere? | The hydrosphere is a dynamic mass of liquid that is 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 hypothesis? | A hypothesis is a tenative or untested explanation. |
| What is the lithosphere? | The lithosphere is the rigid outer layer that includes the crust and upper-most mantle. |
| What is the mantle? | The mantle is the laqyer between the crust and the core. |
| What is meteorology? | Meteorology is the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate. |
| What is a model? | A model is synonymous with a hypothesis and also is somtimes used to describe a scientific theory as well. |
| What is the nebulat hypothesis? | The nebular hypothesis suggests that the bodies of our solar system evolved from an enormous rotating cloud called the solar nebula, composed mostly of hydogen and helium, with a small percentage of the heavier elements. |
| What is a negative feedback mechanism? | A negative feedback mechanism works to maintain a system as it is, or in other words to maintain the status quo. |
| What is a non-renewable resource? | A non-renewable resource is a resource that isn't replaced or not replenished in a short time span. |
| What is oceanography? | Oceanography ivolves the application of all sciences in a comprehensive ans integrated study or the oceans in all its aspectsand relationships. |
| What is an open system? | An open system is a system in which both energy and matter flow into and out of the system. |
| What is a paradigm? | A paradigm explains a large number of interrelated aspcets of the natural world. |
| What is a physical environment? | A physical environment is all the non-living influences of an organism. |
| What is a positive feedback mechanism? | A positive feedback mechanism enhances or drives change into a system. |
| What is a remewable resource? | A renewable resource is a resource that is replenished over a relatively short time-span. |
| What is a system? | A system can be any size group or interacting parts that form a complex whole. |
| What is a theory? | A theory is a hypothesis that has survived extensive scrutiny and when competing models have been eliminated. |
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