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10. The search for and the gathering of answers to questions about nature.

11. science

12. The study of the Earth and the space above it.

13. Earth Science

14. The study of water.

15. hydrology

17. The study of weather.

18. meteorology

19. The study of rocks and rock forming processes.

20. geology

21. Another term for an educated guess.

22. hypothesis

23. The first step in the scientific method.

24. Identify the problem or question to be solved.

25. True or False: A theory or law can be developed after just one experiment.

26. False

28. An explanation of why something happens.

29. theory

30. The 5 steps of the scientific method in order.

31. Identify the problem, state hypothesis, test the hypothesis, collect and analyze the data, state the conclusion.

32. The standard to which the variables are compared to. In other words, the part of the experiment where you don’t change anything.

33. control

34. The variable directly under the experimenter’s control.

35. Independent variable

36. For an experiment testing the type of fertilizer’s effect on plant growth: What variable is the plant growth?

37. Dependent variable

38. For an experiment where you measure the temperature change based on the amount of carbon dioxide in the container: The container containing no carbon dioxide would be called what?

39. control

41. For an experiment where you measure the temperature change based on the amount of carbon dioxide in the container: the carbon dioxide is which variable?

42. Independent variable

43. The type of graph that is round.

44. Circle or pie graph

45. The type of graph with columns drawn.

46. bar

47. The vertical axis.

48. Y-axis

49. Type of data that contains numbers.

50. quantitative

51. Type of data that contains categories (not numbers).

52. qualitative

53. The metric unit used to measure distance.

54. meter

55. The metric unit used to measure temperature.

56. Celsius

57. The metric unit used to measure mass.

58. grams

59. The metric unit used to measure the volume of a box.

60. Cubic centimeters

61. The density of a rock with a mass of 9 grams and a volume of 3 cubic centimeters.

62. 3 g/cm 3

63. The prefix for 1000 times the base unit.

64. kilo

65. The metric prefix for 1/1000.

66. milli

67. The amount of grams in 1300 centigrams.

68. 13

70. The amount of millimeters in.069 kilometers.

71. 69,000

72. The amount of milliliters in 5 cubic centimeters.

73. 5

74. Topic: Density

75. The density of a rock is 2 g/cm³, and the mass is 12 g. What is the volume?

76. 6 cubic centimeters