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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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1
In scientific notation, a number is expressed as a value between ______ multiplied by 10?
1 and 10
0 and 10
1 and 100
0 and 100
2
What is the SI unit of mass?
kilometer
kilogram
gram per cubic centimer
Newton
3
You use a ____ in a experiment to show the results are due to conditions being tested?
Variable
Control
Constant
Hypothesis
4
The water in Earth's oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, glaciers, and in Earth's atmosphere?
Hydrosphere
Oceanography
Atmosphere
Biosphere
5
Earth's atmosphere contains 78% of what gas?
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Hydrogen
Carbon
6
_____ includes organisms that live on Earth's surface, bottom of ocean, and tops of mountains?
Atmosphere
Geosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
7
The study of materials that make up Earth and the processes that form and change materials?
Geology
Geosphere
Oceanography
Environmental Science
8
The study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere is known as?
Meteorology
Astronomy
Biology
Geology
9
What type of scientist examines the effects of human activities on oceans?
Geologist
Hydrologist
Environmental Scientist
Oceanographer
10
A suggested explanation for an observation is known as?
Observation
Hypothesis
Control
Experiment
11
Salt water is what percent of Earth's water?
90%
2%
100%
97%
12
The application of scientific discoveries is called
Tectonics
Technology
Control
Hypothesis
13
What is the control in this experiment
Water
Grow Lamp
week
plant
14
Which of these steps would be the first step in a scientific method?
make a hypothesis
Identifying the problem and determine what you want to know
Analyze data and draw conclusions
Test the hypothesis
15
The branch of Earth Science that deals with blankets of air that surrounds earth?
Meteorology
Oceanography
Geology
Astronomy
16
Planned and organized, but are not rigid, step by step outlines to solve problems
Technology
Hypothesis
Variables
Scientific methods
17
What is the independent and dependent variable in this experiment?
grow lamp, plant height
grow lamp, water amount
number of weeks, plant height
water amount, plant height
18
Identifying rocks, studying glacial movements are part of what branch of Earth Science?
Oceanography
Environmental Science
Geology
Meteorology
19
How might the data change if it was retested on a icy road?
The breaking distance speed would decrease
There would be no change
The braking distance could not be calculated.
The breaking distance for speed would increase.
20
If someone wanted to repeat this experiment, which would they not need to know?
Intensity of grow lamp
The amount of water given at watering time
The type of plant used
The day of the week the plants were measured.
21
According to the graph, if a car traveled 120 km/h how much breaking distance would it need?
35m
25m
120m
30m
22
Which of the following is Not an activity performed by oceanographers?
measuring chemical properties of oceans
Study salt water creatures
effects of human activity on salt water
studying the processes that cause the weather
23
_________study Earth, its neighbors, and other matter in the Universe
Biologists
Geologists
Astronomers
Meteorologists
24
Most scientific studies use a standard system of units called ___, which is the metric system.
Scale
Meters
SI
Feet
25
What can be inferred about speed and breaking distance from the graph?
There is no direct correlation between speed and breaking.
As speed increases, breaking distance decreases.
As speed decreases, breaking distance increases
As speed increases, breaking distance increases.
