Earth Science Vocab Matching
| __ | 1. | affect | | A. | act on, "influence", or change | | __ | 2. | analyze | | B. | examine the parts of something carefully to "understand it" | | __ | 3. | classify | | C. | grouping together items that are "alike" in some way | | __ | 4. | conclusion | | D. | "summary" of what you have learned | | __ | 5. | control | | E. | "information gathered" from your observations | | __ | 6. | data | | F. | part of the experiment "used for comparison" | | __ | 7. | data table | | G. | a way to "organize data" collected in an experiment |
| __ | 8. | density | | A. | measure of how much "mass" is contained in a given "volume" | | __ | 9. | earth science | | B. | something "made to happen" by a person or thing (noun) | | __ | 10. | effect | | C. | steps involved in the "testing of a hypothesis" | | __ | 11. | energy | | D. | study of "Earth" and its "place in space" | | __ | 12. | experiment | | E. | metric (SI) unit for "mass" | | __ | 13. | gram | | F. | the abililty to "do work" | | __ | 14. | graph | | G. | a visual reprentation ("picture) of data" |
| __ | 15. | hypothesis | | A. | "educated guess" or answer to scientific questions | | __ | 16. | infer | | B. | when you "explain or interpret" the things you observe | | __ | 17. | inquiry | | C. | "looking for answers" to questions/problems | | __ | 18. | life science | | D. | the study of "living things" | | __ | 19. | liter | | E. | metric (SI) unit for "volume" | | __ | 20. | mass | | F. | "amount of matter" in an object |
| __ | 21. | meter | | A. | metric (SI) unit for "length" | | __ | 22. | modeling | | B. | using one of more of your "senses" to gather information | | __ | 23. | observation | | C. | "small version" of a complex object or process | | __ | 24. | physical science | | D. | the study of "matter and energy" | | __ | 25. | predict | | E. | "guessing" the future" based on past experiences | | __ | 26. | problem | | F. | the "question" that is trying to be solved |
| __ | 27. | scientific method | | A. | "series of planned steps" scientists use to solve problems | | __ | 28. | SI | | B. | the modern version of the "metric system" | | __ | 29. | technology | | C. | scientific discoveries used "to improve" the way people live | | __ | 30. | units | | D. | tells you what the number (measurement) "represents" | | __ | 31. | variable | | E. | part of the experiment that is "changed" | | __ | 32. | volume | | F. | the "amount of space" matter occupies | | __ | 33. | weight | | G. | the force of gravity "acting on a mass" |
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