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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| The scientific study of Earth ant the universe around it | Earth Science
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| The Scientific study of the ocean | Oceanography
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| The study of the origin, history, processes, and structure of the Earth | Geology
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| The Scientific study of Earths atmosphere | Meterology
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| The study of the univers beyond Earth | Astronomy
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| The study of the ways in which humans interact with the environment | Environmental science
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| The study of past and present climates | Climatology
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| The scientific study of properties, distribution, use, and circulation of water on Earth | Hydrology
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| 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
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| The process of obtaining info by using the sences | Observation
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| An idea or explanation that is based on observations and that can be tested | Hypothesis
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| A problem to be tested or solved through an experement | Question
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| Factors that can be changed by the person performing the experiment | Independent Variables
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| Variables that change as a result of a change in the independent variables | Dependent Variables
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| A group that serves as a standard of compairison with another group to which the controlgroup as identical except for one factor | Control Group
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| An experement that contains a control group | Controlled Experement
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| The decsion or answer to the question, based on data or observations | Conclusion
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| How close a measurement is to the true value of the thing being measured | Accuracy
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| The exactness of the measurement | Percision
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| An expression of the amount of impression or variation in a set of measurments | Error
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| A description, representation, or immatation of an object, system,process, or concept | Model
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| Verbal or graphical models that represent how a system works or is organized | Conceptual Model
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| Mathmatical equasions that represent a way a system or process works | Mathmatical Model
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| The use of a computer to represent simple processes or complex systems | Computer Model
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| 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
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| 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
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| Random errors which cause measurments to be too large or too small | Measurment Error
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| Something that is belived to be true without proof | Assumptions
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| The distance from end to end | Legnth
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| The amount of space occupied by an object | Volume
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| A measurment of the force of gravity pulling on an objects mass | Weight
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| The amount of matter in a substance | Mass
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