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Introduction to ES
Lutz-vths-intro to es vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the study of the universe called? | Astronomy |
| What is the life-giving gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth called? | Atmosphere |
| What includes all life on Earth and is concentrated near the surface in a zone that extends from the ocean floor upward for several kilometers into the atmosphere? | Biosphere |
| Systems that are self contained with regard to matter, for example a car's cooling system where liquid travels freely within the system but doesn't leak are called? | Closed System |
| The dense inner sphere of the of the solid Earth, and one of the three principle regions of the Earth is called the? | Core |
| What is the light and very thin outer skin of the Earth, and one of the three principle regions of the Earth called? | Crust |
| What is the name of the Science that collectively seek to understand the Earth, including geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy? | Earth Science |
| What is the study of how the individual components of the Earth including land, water, air, and life forms are interconnected and studied as a system is called? | Earth System Science |
| What refers to everything that surrounds and influences an organism, including biological, social and non-living influences? | Environment |
| What is the Study of Earth which is traditionally divided into two broad areas, physical and historical? | Geology |
| What is the dynamic mass of liquid that is continually moving, evaporating from the oceans to the atmosphere, precipitating the land, and running back to the ocean again? | hydrosphere |
| What is the rigid outer layer that includes the crust and the upper most mantle of the solid Earth? | lithosphere |
| The less dense sphere of the of the solid Earth, and one of the three principle regions of the Earth is called the? | mantle |
| What is the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate? | meteorology |
| What is a less precise term used to construct an untested explanation or used to describe a scientific theory? | model |
| What is the theory that suggests that the bodies of the solar system evolved from an enormous rotating cloud called the solar nebula? | nebular hypothesis |
| What is the mechanism that works to maintain the status quo of a system? | negative feedback mechanism |
| The construction of a tentative or untested explanation of the facts that have been gathered or principles have been formulated, investigators try to explain how or why things happened us called a? | hypothesis |
| The Earth's basic resources that have a fixed quantity such as important metals like iron, aluminum, and copper are called? | nonrenewable resource |
| The study of the composition of seawater, as well as coastal processes, seafloor topography, and marine life while integrating chemistry, physics, geology, and biology is called? | oceanography |
| What is the system that relates to most natural systems and allows both energy and matter to flow into and out of the system? | open system |
| Theories that have extensive documentation and are held to have a very high degree of confidence and also have a comprehensive scope that are given a special status are called? | paradigm |
| What are the nonliving factors that surround and influence an organism which include water, air, soil, and rock plus conditions such as temperature, humidity and sunlight called? | physical environment |
| What is the mechanism that enhances or drives change in a system called? | positive feedback mechanism |
| Earth's resources that can be replenished relatively quickly such as plants and animals for food, natural fibers for clothing, and forest products for lumber and paper are called? | renewable resource |
| Any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole is called? | system |
| What is the term used for the elevated status a scientific hypothesis that has survived extensive scrutiny and after competing models have been eliminated called? | theory |
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