Question | Answer |
the scientific study of the earth and the universe | earth science |
the study of the ocean | oceanography |
the study of the origin,processes,and structure of the solid earth | geology |
the study of the earths atmosphere | meteorology |
the study of the universebeyond earth | astronomy |
the study of the ways in which humans interact with the enviroment | enviromental science |
the study of past and present climates | climatology |
the study of the properties,distribution,use,adn circulation of the water on earth | hydrology |
the branch of the geology that studies the movement of the subsurface water through rocks and the effect of moving water on rocks,including their erosion | hydrogeology |
the process of obtaining info by using the senses | observation |
an idea or explantation that is based on observations and that can be tested | hypothesis |
a problem to be tested or solved through an experiment | question |
factors that can be changed by the person performing the expirement | independent variable |
variables that change as a result of a change in the independent variables | dependent variable |
a group that serves as a standard of comparison with another group to which the control group as identical expect for one factor | control group |
an eperiment that contains a control group | controlled experiment |
the decisionor answer to the question,based on data or observations | conclusion |
how close a measurment is to the true value of the thing beign measured | accuracy |
the exactness of the measurement | precision |
an expresion of the amount of imprecision or variation ina set of measurement | error |
a description,represintation,or imitation of an object,system,process,or concept | model |
verbal or graphical models that represent how a system works or is organized | conceptual model |
mathematical equations tha repersent a way a system or process works | mathematic model |
the use of a computer to repersent simple processes or complex system | computer model |
the process in which experts in a given feild examine the results and conclusion ofd a sciencets study before the study is acceped for publiaction | peer review |
the explanation for some phenomen that is based on observation,experiment,and reasoning. | 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 | length |
the amount of space occupied by an object | volume |
a measurment of the force of gravity pulling on an object mass | weight |
the amount of matter in a substance | mass |