Praxis- Science 5905 | LATEST UPDATE COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS (Frequently Most Tested) AND VERIFEID ANSWERS (100% accurate)|GET IT A+
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Weathering - answer-The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface.
Erosion - answer-Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
Deposition - answer-Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
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Praxis- Science 5905 | LATEST UPDATE COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS (Frequently Most Tested) AND VERIFEID
ANSWERS (100% accurate)|GET IT A+
Weathering - answer-The breaking down of rocks and other materials
on the Earth's surface.
Erosion - answer-Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken
down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
Deposition - answer-Process in which sediment is laid down in new
locations.
water cycle - answer-The continuous process by which water moves
from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
fossil formation - answer-An organism dies, layers of sediment cover
the organism's body, over millions of years the sediments harden to
become rocks, the rock eroads and the fossil is exposed on the surface
of the rock
Earth History - answer--The earth started as a giant, red hot, rolling,
magma ocean caused by the collision of space rocks.
,Oceanography - answer-Study of Earth's oceans
Tides - answer-the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice
in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the
moon and sun.
current - answer-A flow of electric charge.
scientific observation - answer-A method of testing a hypothesis by
unobtrusively watching and recording participants' behavior in a
systematic and objective manner - in a natural setting, in a laboratory,
or in searches of archival data.
scientific hypothesis - answer-a possible and testable answer to a
scientific question or explanation of what scientists observe in nature
scientific experiment - answer-procedure that tests a hypothesis by
collecting information under controlled conditions
scientific conclusion - answer-states whether the data supported the
hypothesis or showed it to be false
scientific theories - answer-explanations of how and why scientific
observations are as they are
, scientific model - answer-a representation of an object or event that
can be studied to understand the real object or event
scientific inquiry - answer-The ongoing process of discovery in science;
the diverse ways in which scientists study the natural world and
propose explanations based on evidence they gather.
Scientific Method - answer-a method of procedure that has
characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in
systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the
formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
Scientific Variable - answer-A factor that can change in an experiment
dependent variable - answer-The measurable effect, outcome, or
response in which the research is interested.
independent variable - answer-The experimental factor that is
manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.
control group - answer-In an experiment, the group that is not exposed
to the treatment; contrasts with the experimental group and serves as
a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment.
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