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Introduction to ES

Ryder-vths-intro to es vocab

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What is the study of the universe? Astronomy
What word means "study of the Earth"? Geology
What study of science involves the study of oceans and all their aspects and relationships? Oceanography
What is the name for the study of all sciences including geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy? Earth Science
Suggests that the bodies of our solar system evolved from an enormous rotating cloud called the solar nebula. Nebular Hypothesis
What surrounds the Earth in a life-giving gaseous envelope? Atmosphere
What 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. Hydrosphere
What includes all life on Earth? Biosphere
What is the dense inner sphere in the Earth? Core
What is the light and very thin outer skin of Earth? Crust
What is the middle, less dense surface of the Earth? Mantle
The rigid outer layer of the Earth that includes the crust and uppermost mantle is what? Lithosphere
Studies Earth as a system composed of numerous interacting parts, or subsystems. Earth System Science
In what system does energy move freely in and out, but no matter enters or leaves the system. Closed System
What mechanisms work to maintain the system as it is, or in other words to maintain the status quo? Negative feedback mechanisms
In what system does energy and matter flow into and out of the system? Open system
What mechanisms enhance or drive change? Positive feedback mechanisms
What refers to everything that surrounds and influences an organism? Environment
What is a resource called that can be replenished over relatively short time spans? Renewable resource
What environment encompasses water, air, soil, and rock, as well as conditions such as temperature, humidity, and sunlight? Physical environment
What is a tentative (or untested) explanation? Hypothesis
What is a tentative (or untested) explanation that can also be used to describe a scientific theory as well? Model
What is a theory that explains a large number of interrelated aspects of the natural world? Paradigms
What is a well-tested and widely accepted view that the scientific community agrees best explains certain observable facts? Theory
What is the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate? Meteorology
What can be any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole? System
What resources take much time to accumulate significant deposits? Nonrenewable resource
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