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Introduction_to_ES
Altunbilek-vths-intro to es vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astronomy | The study of the universe |
| Atmosphere | A life giving gaseous envelope Earth is surrounded by |
| Biosphere | Includes all life on Earth |
| Closed system | A self contained system with regard to matter. Althrough energy moves in and out of a closed system, no matter enters or leaves the system. |
| core | a dense inner sphere |
| crust | the light and very thin outer skin of Earth |
| Earth Science | The name for all the sciences that collectively seek to understand Earth and its neighbors in space |
| Earth system science | aims to study Earth as a system composed of numerous interacting parts, or subsystems. |
| Environment | refers to everything that surrounds and influences an organism |
| Geology | the study of Earth |
| Hydrosphere | a dynamic mass of liquid that is continually on the move, evaporating from the oceans to teh atmosphere, precipitating to the land, and running back to the ocean again. |
| Hypothesis | a tentative or untested explanation |
| Lithospere | the rigid outer layer that includes the crust and uppermost mantle |
| mantle | less dense than the core of Earth |
| Meteorology | the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate |
| Model | a less precise term sometimes used to describe a scientificc theory as well as a hypothesis |
| Nubular hypothesis | suggests that the bodies of our solar system evolved from an enormous rotating cloud called the solar nebula, composed mostly of hydrogen and helium, with a small percentage of the heavier elements |
| negative feedback mechanism | works to maintain the system as it is, or in other words to maintain the status quo |
| Nonrenewable Resource | a resource that cannot be replenished over relatively short time spans |
| Oceanography | involves the application of all sciences in a comprehensive and interrelated study of the oceans in all their aspects and relationships |
| Open system | both energy and matter flow into and out of the system |
| Paradigm | Theories that are extensively documented and are held with a very high degree of confidence |
| Physical Environment | includes water, air, soil, and rock, as well as conditions such as temperature, humidity, and sunlight |
| Positive Feedback Mechanism | mechanisms that enhance or drive change |
| Renewable Resource | a resource that can be replenished over relatively short time spans |
| System | any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole |
| Theory | formed when a hypothesis has survived extensive scrutiny and when competing models have been eliminated |
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