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Introduction to ES
Gaura - vths - intro to es vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This science involves the study of the universe. What is this science? | Astronomy |
| What is the gaseous envelope surrounding Earth called? | Atmosphere |
| What is a name for the zone of all life on Earth? | Biosphere |
| This is a system that is self-contained with regard to matter. What is this system? | Closed System |
| What is the dense inner sphere of Earth called? | Core |
| What is the light and very thin outer skin of Earth? | Crust |
| This science includes geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. This science collectively seeks to understand Earth and its neighbors in space. What is this science? | Earth Science |
| This science aims to study Earth as a system composed of numerous interacting parts (subsystems). What is this science? | Earth System Science |
| What refers to everything that surrounds and influences an organism? | Environment |
| This science means "study of Earth" and is divided into two areas: physical and historical. What is this science? | Geology |
| This 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. What is this? | Hydrosphere |
| What is an untested explanation called? | Hypothesis |
| This part of Earth is the rigid outer layer of Earth which includes the crust and the uppermost mantle. What is this? | Lithosphere |
| What is the sphere that's less dense than the core but more dense than the crust, and exists between the core and the crust? | Mantle |
| This science includes that study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate. This science involves the application of other sciences in an integrated study of the thin air that surrounds Earth. What is this science? | Meteorology |
| What is a term that is usually used as a synonym for hypothesis, but can also be used as a synonym for theory as well? | Model |
| This hypothesis suggests that the bodies of our solar system evolved from an enormous rotating cloud composed mostly of hydrogen and helium. What is this hypothesis? | Nebular Hypothesis |
| This mechanism works to maintain a system as it is. What is this mechanism? | Negative Feedback Mechanism |
| What is a resource that takes Earth millions of years to accumulate so that, in essence, Earth has a fixed quantity of this recource? | Nonrenewable Resource |
| Though not technically a seperate science, this science includes the study of the composition and movements of seawater, as well as coastal processes, seafloor topography, and marine life. What is this science? | Oceanography |
| This system is where both energy and matter flow into and out of the system. What is this system? | Open System |
| What are theories that are extensively documented and explain a large number of interrelated aspects of the natural world? | Paradigm |
| This part of the environment encompasses water, air, soil, and rock, as well as conditions such as temperature, humidity, sunlight. What is this part of the environment? | Physical Environment |
| This mechanism enhances or drives change. What is this mechanism? | Positive Feedback Mechanism |
| What is a type of resource that can be replenished over relatively short time spans? | Renewable Resource |
| This is any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole. What is this? | System |
| What is a well-tested and widely accepted view that the scientific community agrees best explains certain observable facts? | Theory |
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