Question | Answer |
The scientific study of Earth ant the universe around it | Earth Science |
The Scientific study of the ocean | Oceanography |
The study of the origin, history, processes, and structure of the Earth | Geology |
The Scientific study of Earths atmosphere | Meterology |
The study of the univers beyond Earth | Astronomy |
The study of the ways in which humans interact with the environment | Environmental science |
The study of past and present climates | Climatology |
The scientific study of properties, distribution, use, and circulation of water on Earth | Hydrology |
The branch of geology that studies the movement of subsurface water through rocks and the effect of moving water on rocks, including their erosion | Hydrogeology |
The process of obtaining info by using the sences | Observation |
An idea or explanation that is based on observations and that can be tested | Hypothesis |
A problem to be tested or solved through an experement | Question |
Factors that can be changed by the person performing the experiment | Independent Variables |
Variables that change as a result of a change in the independent variables | Dependent Variables |
A group that serves as a standard of compairison with another group to which the controlgroup as identical except for one factor | Control Group |
An experement that contains a control group | Controlled Experement |
The decsion or answer to the question, based on data or observations | Conclusion |
How close a measurement is to the true value of the thing being measured | Accuracy |
The exactness of the measurement | Percision |
An expression of the amount of impression or variation in a set of measurments | Error |
A description, representation, or immatation of an object, system,process, or concept | Model |
Verbal or graphical models that represent how a system works or is organized | Conceptual Model |
Mathmatical equasions that represent a way a system or process works | Mathmatical Model |
The use of a computer to represent simple processes or complex systems | Computer Model |
The process in which experts in a given field examine the results and conclusionsof a scientist's study before the study is accepted for publication | Peer Review |
The explanation for some phenomenon that is based on observation, and reasoning; that is supported by a large quantity of evidence; and that does not conflict with any exsisting experemental results or observations | Theory |
Random errors which cause measurments to be too large or too small | Measurment Error |
Something that is belived to be true without proof | Assumptions |
The distance from end to end | Legnth |
The amount of space occupied by an object | Volume |
A measurment of the force of gravity pulling on an objects mass | Weight |
The amount of matter in a substance | Mass |