Chapter 1 - Earth Science

What percentage of Earth is covered with water?

The study of Earth's oceans

What forces shape our environment?

What makes science different from art, architecture and theology?

_____ is the third planet from the sun.

The study of the universe beyond Earth

An expression of the amount of imprecision

The process of using the senses to gather information

How close a measurement is to the true value

The variable that changes as a result of change in the independent variable

The process in which several experts review another's work

What is the full name of the common system of measurement used worldwide?

The exactness of the measurement

Before you publish your results, what should you do?

A possible explanation or solution to a problem

The range of values for a set of percentage of measurements

The study of the origin, history, processes of solid Earth

Which is not one of the four main branches of earth science?

Factors that are changed by the person performing the experiment

The study of Earth's atmosphere