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Introduction to ES
Roeloffs - VTHS - into to es vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is geology? | the study of Earth |
| What is oceanography? | the involvement of all sciences related together to study the oceans and their aspects |
| What is meteorology? | the study of the atmosphere |
| What is nebular hypothesis? | the theory that our solar system evolved from the solar nebula (a gigantic rotating cloud) |
| What is the hydrosphere? | a dynamic mass of liquid that is is constant motion, evaporating from the oceans to the atmosphere, precipitating to the land, and running back to the ocean |
| What is the atmosphere? | a life-giving gaseous envelope |
| What is the biosphere? | all life on Earth |
| What is the core? | dense inner sphere of the planet |
| What is the mantle? | the less dense layer above the core |
| What is the crust? | the thin and light outer layer of the planet |
| What is the lithosphere? | the outer layer that includes the crust and the upper-most mantle |
| What is Earth system science? | the study of Earth as a system made up of subsystems that interact and function as a whole |
| What is a system? | a group of parts working together to form a whole |
| What is a closed system? | self-contained system with regard to matter |
| What is an open system? | matter and energy flow in and out of the system, more common |
| What is a negative feedback mechanism? | mechanism that works to maintain a system as is |
| What is a positive feedback mechanism? | mechanism that drives change |
| What is a renewable resource? | a resource that can be renewed in a relatively short period of time |
| What is a nonrenewable resource? | a resource that is renewed over an extremely long time period |
| What is a hypothesis? | an untested explanation |
| What is a model? | a less precise term sometimes used to describe a scientific theory |
| What are paradigms? | theories that explain a large number of interrelated aspects of the natural world |
| What is Earth science? | the name for all sciences that collectively seek to understand Earth |
| What is the environment? | refers to everything that surrounds and influences an organism |
| What is the physical environment? | nonliving aspects of our environment |
| What is astronomy? | the study of the universe |
| What is a theory? | a well-tested and accepted view that best explains a fact of science |
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