1st Quarterly Exam Earth Sci SPC

is the name of the group of sciences that deals with Earth and its neighbors in space.

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NGSS.3-ESS2-2

NGSS.5-ESS2-1

NGSS.5-ESS2-2

Earth science is divided into four broad categories:

• Geology

  Oceanography

  Meteors

  Astronaut

• Geology

  Oceanography

  Meteorology

  Astronomy

• Geology

  Oceanography

• Meteorology

  Astronomy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

the study of how an organism interacts with its environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Scientific Method steps:

• Ask a Question

  Observation/Research

  Form a Hypothesis

  Test the Hypothesis

  Collect and Analyze Results

  Draw Conclusions

  Communicate the Results

• Ask a Question

  Observation/Research

  Form a Hypothesis

  Test the Hypothesis

  Collect and Analyze Results

  Communicate the Results

  Draw Conclusions

• Observation/Research

  Ask a Question

  Form a Hypothesis

  Test the Hypothesis

  Collect and Analyze Results

  Draw Conclusions

  Communicate the Results

• Ask a Question

  Observation/Research

  Form a Hypothesis

  Collect and Analyze Results

  Draw Conclusions

  Communicate the Results

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

an educated guess about the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.

Once further observations have been made and/or tests performed, scientists either accept, modify, or reject their hypothesis.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

  Once observations have been made and data gathered, scientists try to explain how or why things happen in the manner observed.

They state a possible explanation called a

•         The hypothesis is elevated to a _____ once it has been well tested and accepted by the scientific community as the best explanation of observable facts.

factors that the experimenter attempts to keep the same

• independent variable

• constant variable

• dependent variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the belief that the universe and the various forms of life were created by God out of nothing

• Big Bang Theory

• Creationism

• Oscillating Universe

• Steady State Theory