PAWs Practice: Earth Science and Investigation Vocab

Factor being measured or observed in an experiment. 

Tide; Occurring when the sun, moon, and Earth are at right angles to each other. 

Natural process in which materials from Earth's surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away. 

Breakdown and alteration of rock at or near Earth's surface as a result of chemical processes

an event, condition, or factor that is being changed in a controlled experiment. 

A depression on the surface of Earth occupied by water. 

Factor that is changed in an experiment in order to study the change in the dependent variable

Theory of global dynamics; Earth's crust is divided into a smaller number of large plates.

Remains of animals and plant life from past geologic ages that have formed into useable fuel.

The process by which sediment is carried by forces and left in a certain area.

The tide of increased range that occurs twice monthly at the new and full phases of the moon.

The outermost layer of Earth covering the mantle.