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INTRODUCTION 2 ESH

WALSH - VTSD - INTRP TO ES VOCAB

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What is the study of the universe? Astronomy
What is the life giving gaseous envelope around Earth? The atmosphere
When broken into four circles, what circle holds all life on Earth? The Biosphere
What is a system in which no matter can enter or leave? A closed system
What is the dense inner sphere of the planet is the? Core
What is the light and very thin outer skin of the Earth is the? Crust
What is the branch of science about the Earth and the atmosphere? Earth Science
What is the study of the Earth as a system composed as numerous interacting subsystems? Earth system science
What is everything that surrounds an organism? Its environment
What is the "Study of Earth"? Geology
What is the dynamic mass of liquid that is continually on the move, evaporating from the oceans to the atmosphere, precipitating to the land, and running back into the ocean? The hydrosphere
What is a tentative or untested explanation? A hypothesis
What term refers to the rigid outer layer that includes the crust and outer mantle? The lithosphere
The less dense, middle principle region of the Earth? The mantle
What is the study of the atmosphere and the process that produce weather and climate? Meteorology
What is a tentative or untested explanation? A model
What suggests that the bodies of our solar system evolved from an enormous rotating cloud called the solar nebula, composed of mostly hydrogen and helium, with a small percentage of heavier elements? The nebular hypothesis
What works to maintain a system? The negative feedback mechanism.
Resources that take extreme amounts of time accumulate are called what? Nonrenewable resources
The study of the compositions and movements of seawater as well as coastal processes, seafloor topography and marine life? Oceanography
What is the system in which energy and matter flow in and out of? An open system
Theories of a very high degree of confidence that are comprehensive in scope have a special statues because they explain a large number of interrelated aspects of the natural world are named what? A paradigm
What environment encompasses water, air, soil and rock, as well as conditions such as temperature, humidity, and sunlight. Physical environment
What mechanisms enhance or drive change? Positive feedback mechanisms
What resources can be replenished in short spans of time? Renewable resources
What is a group of any size that has interacting parts that form a complex whole? A system
After a hypothesis has survives extensive scrutiny and when competing models have been eliminated it may be elevated to the status of a what? Theory
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