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Introduction to ES

Barany-vths-intro to es vocab

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What is the study of the universe and is useful in probing the origions of our own environment? astronomy
What is the life-giving gaseous envolope that surrounds the Earth? atmosphere
What includes all life on Earth? biospere
What type of system allows energy to move freely in and out but does not allow matter to enter or leave the system? closed system
What is the dense spere in the center of the Earth? core
What is the light and very thin outer skin of the Earth? crust
What is the name for all sciences that collectively seek to understand Earth and its neighbors in space; which includes geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy? Earth science
What system allows scientists to study the Earth as a system of numerous interacting parts or subsystems? Earth system science
What refers to everything that surrounds and influences an organism? environment
What is a section of Earth science that means "the study of Earth" and is broken up into two groups-physical and historical? geology
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 is an untested explanation that helps scientists? hypothesis
What term refers to the rigid outer layer that includes the crust and uppermost mantle? lithosphere
What is the less dense, middle layer of the Earth? mantle
What section of Earth science deals with the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate? meteorology
What is a less precise term than hypothesis but relatively has the same meaning? model
What 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? nebular hypothesis
What works to maintain a system as it is, or in other words maintain the status quo? negative feedback mechanism
What are elements that cannot be replenished? nonrenewable resources
What section of Earth science involves the oceans in all their aspects and relationships? oceanography
What kind of system allows both energy and matter to flow in and out of the system? open system
What are theories that explain a large number of interrelated aspects of the natural world? paradigm
What encompasses all factors and conditions of an environment? physical environment
What is a mechanism that enhances or drives change? positive feedback mechanism
What are elements that can be replenished over a relatively short time span? renewable resource
What can be any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole? system
What can a hypothesis turn into when it has survived extensive scrutiny and when competing models have been eliminated? theory
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