Intro to Earth Science vocab

Astronomy

• focus on solar systems, stars and galaxies
• The amount of space an object takes up
• A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation.
• The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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Atmosphere

• Layers of air surrounding the earth.

• A map that shows surface features of an area such as mountains, valleys, plains, and plateaus by using contour (isoline) lines to show changes in elevation.

• Study of the ocean

• The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.

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Biosphere

• Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
• amount of heat given off by an object
• a resource that can be renewed; plants, animals, water, solar, wind
• The name for the group of sciences that deals with Earth and its neighbors in space.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Compass Rose

• A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.
• An explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations
• A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
• The mostly solid, rocky part of the Earth; extends from the center of the core and through the mantle to the surface of the crust.

Constants

• Conditions that stay the same in the experiment.
• A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
• A statement based on repeated experimental observations that describes some aspects of the universe.
• The group in an experiment where the independent variable being tested is not applied so that it may serve as a standard for comparison against the experimental group where the independent variable is applied.

Contour Line

• A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation.
• A statement based on repeated experimental observations that describes some aspects of the universe.
• A term referring to all water that is temporarily frozen in polar ice caps, snow, permafrost, and glaciers.
• The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.

Control Group

• The group in an experiment where the independent variable being tested is not applied so that it may serve as a standard for comparison against the experimental group where the independent variable is applied.
• a resource that can be renewed; plants, animals, water, solar, wind
• A tool on a map showing cardinal (N,E,S,W) and intermediate (NE,SE,NW,SW) directions.
• The area of Earth science that examines the physical and biological changes that have occurred in Earth's past.

Cryosphere

• A term referring to all water that is temporarily frozen in polar ice caps, snow, permafrost, and glaciers.
• Designated at 0° longitude, which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.
• All the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans.
• The amount of space an object takes up

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Density

• Mass per unit volume
• An increase in population over a period of time.
• amount of heat given off by an object
• the amount of matter an object has

Dependent Variable

• The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.
• study of everything from chemistry of ocean water to ocean floor and marine organisms
• An explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations
• study of the forces that have shaped Earth

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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