Mtsu geology - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

what is Earth Science - ANSWER All sciences that seek to understand earth what is Geology - ANSWER Study of earth What do you use in the study of Earth science - ANSWER Physics, chemistry, biology, math, etc. Science assumes that the natural world is (2) - ANSWER Consistent and Predictable What are the steps of the scientific Process - ANSWER 1. Make observations and collect data 2. Develop a hypothesis 3. Conducting Experience 4. Re-examin the hypothesis and accept, modify, or reject 5....

alse - ANSWER No known natural process can take a metamorphic rock and ultimately result in the formation of a sedimentary rock. igneous rocks ________ - ANSWER solidify from molten (liquid) rock true - ANSWER According to Rosling, improvements in child survival will lead to a reduction in the rate of population growth less developed countries - ANSWER According to Rosling, ________ are likely to experience the most population growth in the years ahead.

Science - ANSWER Process of discovery that turns information into shareable data Hypothesis - ANSWER a testable statement that explains how you think something happens Theory - ANSWER a statement that explains how something happens that has (and will be) repeatedly been tested. Law - ANSWER a statement that describes what happens, but maybe not how. Quantitative data - ANSWER Data represented with numbers

The change from thinking the continents are stationary to understanding that the outer layer of the earth moves slowly nearly all of the time occurred primarily because - ANSWER we began to make global observations that required recognition that the continents and oceans had not always been in their current positions On a typical seismogram, ________ will show the highest amplitudes. - ANSWER surface waves