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Earth Space Science Unit 1
Earth Space Science Unit 1
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Glencoe Earth Science
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Most scientific studies use a standard system of units called ___, which is the metric system.
Meters
SI
Scale
Feet
2
Earth's atmosphere contains 78% of what gas?
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Carbon
Oxygen
3
Identifying rocks, studying glacial movements are part of what branch of Earth Science?
Geology
Environmental Science
Meteorology
Oceanography
4
Planned and organized, but are not rigid, step by step outlines to solve problems
Hypothesis
Technology
Scientific methods
Variables
5
You use a ____ in a experiment to show the results are due to conditions being tested?
Variable
Constant
Control
Hypothesis
6
What is the independent and dependent variable in this experiment?
number of weeks, plant height
water amount, plant height
grow lamp, plant height
grow lamp, water amount
7
What can be inferred about speed and breaking distance from the graph?
As speed decreases, breaking distance increases
There is no direct correlation between speed and breaking.
As speed increases, breaking distance decreases.
As speed increases, breaking distance increases.
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What is the control in this experiment
Grow Lamp
plant
Water
week
9
A suggested explanation for an observation is known as?
Control
Observation
Hypothesis
Experiment
10
Which of the following is Not an activity performed by oceanographers?
studying the processes that cause the weather
Study salt water creatures
effects of human activity on salt water
measuring chemical properties of oceans
11
The study of materials that make up Earth and the processes that form and change materials?
Geosphere
Geology
Environmental Science
Oceanography
12
What is the SI unit of mass?
gram per cubic centimer
kilometer
Newton
kilogram
13
If someone wanted to repeat this experiment, which would they not need to know?
The amount of water given at watering time
Intensity of grow lamp
The type of plant used
The day of the week the plants were measured.
14
In scientific notation, a number is expressed as a value between ______ multiplied by 10?
1 and 100
0 and 10
1 and 10
0 and 100
15
How might the data change if it was retested on a icy road?
There would be no change
The braking distance could not be calculated.
The breaking distance speed would decrease
The breaking distance for speed would increase.
16
_________study Earth, its neighbors, and other matter in the Universe
Astronomers
Biologists
Geologists
Meteorologists
17
_____ includes organisms that live on Earth's surface, bottom of ocean, and tops of mountains?
Atmosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
18
According to the graph, if a car traveled 120 km/h how much breaking distance would it need?
30m
35m
25m
120m
19
The application of scientific discoveries is called
Hypothesis
Control
Tectonics
Technology
20
The branch of Earth Science that deals with blankets of air that surrounds earth?
Astronomy
Geology
Meteorology
Oceanography
21
The study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere is known as?
Meteorology
Astronomy
Geology
Biology
22
Salt water is what percent of Earth's water?
90%
100%
97%
2%
23
Which of these steps would be the first step in a scientific method?
Analyze data and draw conclusions
Test the hypothesis
make a hypothesis
Identifying the problem and determine what you want to know
24
What type of scientist examines the effects of human activities on oceans?
Oceanographer
Geologist
Environmental Scientist
Hydrologist
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The water in Earth's oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, glaciers, and in Earth's atmosphere?
Biosphere
Atmosphere
Oceanography
Hydrosphere
