Intro to Earth & Space Science Review

Using the five senses to note a fact or occurrence.

• Observation

• Inference

• Phenomena

• Hypothesis

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An observation of a specific or natural phenomenon made by someone somewhere which has been repeatedly observed and verified by other people.

• Fact

• Inference

• Hypothesis

• Theory

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Events that occur in the natural world.

• Phenomena

• Facts

• Observations

• Models

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Simplified representations designed to show how objects, systems, or concepts of nature work.

• Models

• Theories

• Laws

• Phenomena

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The process of arriving at a conclusion based on knowledge already gained or experiences.

• Inference

• Fact

• Hypothesis

• Theory

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Which of the following would accurately define was matter is?

• Anything that has mass and volume (takes up space)

• What is necessary to do work or cause change.

• What the entire universe is composed of.

• The things that make the universe which you can see.

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Which of the following accurately defines what energy is?

• The ability to do work or cause change.

• Anything that has mass and volume (takes up space).

• What the entire universe is composed of.

• The parts of the universe that you can't see.

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Science is:

• A systematic process of solving problems to better learn about how things in nature work.

• Using only the Scientific Method to solve problems and learn about nature.

• The process of experimenting the solve problems and learn about nature.

• A random process of discovering things about how nature works.

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A testable idea or explanation that is based on evidence or factual observations, and usually offers a prediction to a potential solution to a problem or question.

• Hypothesis

• Inference

• Theory

• Law

An observed pattern of nature that is universally accepted by the scientific community, time-tested, and considered to be truth.

• Law

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Fact