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The four main areas studied in earth science: correct answers geology astronomy meteorology ecology (GAME) Define general question/ problem correct answers develop a question that can be solved through experimentation Define hypothesis correct answers prediction of a possible answer to the pr...

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Earth and Environmental Science Exam (correct answers)
The four main areas studied in earth science: correct answers geology astronomy
meteorology ecology (GAME)

Define general question/ problem correct answers develop a question that can be
solved through experimentation

Define hypothesis correct answers prediction of a possible answer to the problem

Define independent variable correct answers a factor intentionally varied by the
experimenter

Define dependent variable correct answers a factor that may change as a result of the
independent variable

define control group correct answers serves as the standard for experiment

data collection definition? correct answers modifications and retesting to results

conclusion definition: correct answers a statement that rejects or accepts the hypothesis

what base units are used to measure length/distance correct answers meters

what base units are used to measure volume/capacity correct answers liters

what base units are used to measure mass/weight correct answers grams

what do closely spaced contour lines indicate? correct answers steepness

how can direction of streamflow be determined from a topographic map? correct
answers v's point upstream

what are three types of rock and how are each formed? correct answers igneous:
magma cools/hardens
metamorphic: heat and pressure
sedimentary: weathering/erosion

what force drives heat and pressure? correct answers earths interior heat

what force drives weathering and erosion? correct answers sun

what is the difference between intrusive and extrusive? correct answers intrusive:
magma hardens beneath surface
extrusive: magma hardens above surface

, what are the four textures of an igneous rock correct answers coarse, fine, glassy,
porphrytic

conglomerate characteristics correct answers rounded, sedimentary, clastic

breccia characteristics correct answers angled, sedimentary, clastic

what are the two major classifications of sedimentary rocks? correct answers clastic and
chemical

what are the three agents of metamorphism? correct answers heat, pressure,
hydrothermal solutions

what are characteristics of foliated metamorphic rocks? correct answers layered or
banded appearance

what are characteristics of nonfoliated metamorphic rocks? correct answers no banded
appearance

what is frost wedging? correct answers water freezes in cracks of a rock and wedges it
apart

what is exfoliation? correct answers peeling of surface layers from exposed bedrock

what is abrasion? correct answers wearing away of material by grinding action

what is mechanical weathering by animals/plants? correct answers plant growth and
burrowing

what is chemical reaction of oxygen with other substances correct answers oxidation

what is chemical weathering by reactions of water with other substances correct
answers hydrolysis

what is acid rain? correct answers rain water that contains an unusually high amount of
acid

4 components of soil: correct answers air, water, minerals, organic materials

a horizon: correct answers topsoil

b horizon: correct answers subsoil

c horizon: correct answers rock fragments and weathered parent material

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