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WorksheetsEarth Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which Earth system includes rocks, sand, and mountains?
geosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
biosphere
Buffalo, people, and flowers are part of what Earth System?
hydrospere
atmosphere
biosphere
geosphere
This Earth System includes rivers, lakes, oceans, and clouds.
biosphere
hydrosphere
atmosphere
geosphere
What does the Cryosphere Include???
Water
Living Organisms
Ice
Earth Crust and Mantle
What is the atmosphere?
all the air and gases on the planet
made up of living things
the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth
the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth
Meteorology is...
Moisture falling from the atmosphere as rain, snow, or hail
A force exerted onto a surface by the weight of air molecules
The study of weather
What is oceanography?
The study of dolphins.
The study of the ocean.
The study of jellyfish.
The study of waves.
The study of the Earth, the materials of which it is made, the structure of those materials, and the processes acting upon them. It includes the study of organisms and rocks that have inhabited our planet.
Fossil
Geological Timescale
Geology
Rocks
the study of how the natural world works, how the environment affects humans and how humans affect the environment
environment
environmental science
environmentalism
ethics
The variable that is being measured or observed is called the _______________. Hint: this is the variable that is the result or effect
independent variable
dependent variable
control variable
control
The SI units of science are based on the __________ system
Emperical
Standard
Metric
Science
Which is the correct form of scientific notation?
0.202 x 103
2.02 x 103
20.2 x 103
None of the above
A representation that explains an object, theory or complex process
design
model
black box
collaboration
large amounts of data collected with repeated investigations.
only mathematical principles that can be proven true.
small amounts of data once.
A description of natural events that has been proven to be true time after time, without exception. This describes
data.
a theory.
a conclusion.
a law.
