Chapter 1 Earth and Space Science

Question 1

What is the SI unit for mass?

Accepted Answer

Kilogram

Question 2

Water in Earth’s oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, glaciers,and in the atmosphere makes up the ____.

Accepted Answer

hydrosphere

Question 3

What in this picture represents the biosphere?

Accepted Answer

Monkey/Plants

Question 4

What is Kelvin the SI unit for?

Accepted Answer

Temperature

Question 5

What in this picture represents the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Clouds

Question 6

This is used in an experiment to show that the results are from what is being tested.

Accepted Answer

Control

Question 7

What is 1,000,000 in Scientific Notation?

Accepted Answer

1 x 106

Question 8

How many kilometers are in 1 meter?

Accepted Answer

.001

Question 9

What is the SI unit for volume?

Accepted Answer

Liter

Question 10

How many centimeters are in 1 meter?

Accepted Answer

100

Question 11

What in this picture represents the lithosphere?

Accepted Answer

Mountains/Rocks

Question 12

Identifying rocks, studying glaciers, and interpreting clues to Earth’s history are parts of __

Accepted Answer

Geology

Question 13

What is the Dependent variable on this graph?

Accepted Answer

Candle's Mass Loss

Question 14

What is 5.239 x 10-2 in decimal form?

Accepted Answer

.05239

Question 15

What is the independent variable on this graph?

Accepted Answer

Time

Question 16

The first step in the Scientific method is stating a __________.

Accepted Answer

Problem

Question 17

What is the SI unit for time?

Accepted Answer

second

Question 18

The independent variable is always shown on the ________ axis on a graph.

Accepted Answer

X

Question 19

The branch of earth science that studies the blanket of air that surrounds Earth is __________.

Accepted Answer

Meteorology

Question 20

What is the candle's mass loss after 4000 seconds?

Accepted Answer

~ 6.5 g

Questions 20