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Science Vocab

A way to study Science!

TermDefinition
Science The investigation and exploration of natural events and of the new information that results from those investigation.
Observation The act of using one ore more of your senses to gather infirmation and take note of what occurs.
Inference A logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience.
Hypothesis A possible explanation for on observation that can be tested by scientific investigations.
Prediction A statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events.
Technology The practical use of scientific knowledge, epsecially for industrial or commercial use.
Scientific Theory An explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.
Scientific Law A rule that describes a pattern in nature.
Critical Thinking Comparing what you already know with information you are given in order to decide whether you agree with it.
Description A spoken or written summary of observation.
Explanation An interpretation of observation.
International System of Units (SI) The internationally accepted system of measurement.
Significant digits The number digits in a measurement that are known with a certain degree of reliability.
Variable Any factor that can have more than one variable.
Independant Variable The factor that is changed by the investigator to observe how it affexts a dependant variable.
Dependant Variable The factor a scientist observes or measures during an experiment.
Biosphere The parts of Earth and the surrounding atmosphere where there is life.
Atmosphere A thin layer of gases surrounding Earth.
Hydrosphere The system containing all Earth's water.
Cryosphere The frozen portion of water on Earth's surface.
Groundwater Water that is stored in cracks and pores beneath Earth's surface.
Geosphere The solid part of Earth.
Mineral The naturally occuring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.
Rock A naturally occuring solid composed of minerals, rock fragments, and sometimes other materials such as organic matter.
Water Cycle The series of natural processes by which water continually moves throughout the hydrosphere.
Evaporation The process of liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid.
Transpiration The process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves.
Condenstation The process by which a gas changes into a liquid.
Precipitation Water, in liquid form, that falls from the atmosphere.
Weather The atmosphere conditions, along with short-term changes, of a certain place at a certain time.
Climate The long-term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region.
Rock Cycle The series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock.
Uplift The process that moves large bodies of Earth materials to higher elevations.
Weathering The mechanical and chemical processes that change Earth's surface over time.
Meachanical Weathering Physical processes that naturally break down rocks into smaller pieces.
Chemical Weathering The processes that changes the composition of rocks amd minerals due to exposure to the environment.
Oxidation The process that combines the element oxygen with other elements or molecules.
Soil A mixture of weathered rock, rock fragments, decayed organic matter, water, and air.
Organic Matter Remains of something that was once alive.
Pore Small holes and spaces in soil.
Decomposition The breaking down of dead organisms and organic waste.
Parent Material The starting material of soil consisting of rock or sediment that is subject to weathering.
Topography The shape and steepness of the landscape.
Biota All of the organisms that live in a region.
Horizon Layers of soil formed from movement of products of weathering.
Erosion The movement of weathered material, or sediment, from one location to another.
Deposition The laying down or settlig of eroded material.
Meander A broad, C-shaped curve in a system.
Longshore Current A current that flows parallel to the shoreline.
Delta The large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water.
Abrasion The grinding away of a rock or other surfaces as a particles carried by wind, water, or ice scrape against them.
Dune A pile of windblown sand.
Loess A crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay.
Mass Wasting The downhill movement of a large mass of rock or soil due to gravity.
Landslide Rapid, downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders.
Talus A pile of angular rocks and sediment form a rockfall.
Glacier A large mass of ice, formed by snow accumulation on land, that moves slowly across Earth's surface.
Till A mixture of various sizes of sediment that has been deposited by a glacier.
Moraine A mound or ridge of unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier.
Outwash Layered sediment deposited by streams of water that flow from a melting glacier.
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