What are the 4 subdivisions under Earth Science? - Correct Answer Geology, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy
What is geology? - Correct Answer The study of minerals, rocks, and fossils
What is oceanography? - Correct Answer The study of the ocean - specifically non-living things
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What are the 4 subdivisions under Earth Science? - Correct Answer Geology, oceanography,
meteorology, astronomy
What is geology? - Correct Answer The study of minerals, rocks, and fossils
What is oceanography? - Correct Answer The study of the ocean - specifically non-living things
What is meteorology? - Correct Answer The study of weather and climate
What is astronomy? - Correct Answer The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space
What are the four "spheres" of Earth Science? - Correct Answer Geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere,
cosmosphere
Why is the suffix "sphere" used? - Correct Answer "Sphere" means a realm that supports life
In general, what do the suffixes "ology," "onomy," and "graphy" mean? - Correct Answer They all mean
"the study of"
What is science? - Correct Answer A method of investigating/studying the world that is not limited to
just scientists
What are non-scientific ways of learning? - Correct Answer Instinct, intuition, emotion, arts, philosophy,
the brain/mind (dreams, hallucinations), spirituality (religion, enlightenment)
What is the one unique characteristic of science? - Correct Answer Science attempts to test an
explanation against physical reality
, What are other characteristics of science? - Correct Answer 1. Science tries to be objective (not
subjective)
2. To do objective testing, numerical measurements of data are required
3. Results must be repeatable
4. Science should be self-correcting
What is the idealized scientific method? - Correct Answer 1. Question, 2. data, 3. hypothesis, 4.
prediction, 5. test, 6. support or 7. falsify the hypothesis
Why can science falsify a hypothesis but never completely prove one true? - Correct Answer All current
hypotheses and theories are the best explanation so far, as new data is always being gathered and can
disprove an idea at any time
What aspects of the universe is science limited to? - Correct Answer The physical realities of the
universe: matter, energy, space, and time
What is the difference between science done well and not done well? - Correct Answer Good science is
when multiple working hypotheses are involved and competition is encouraged. Bad science is done
when scientists try to find data to support their hypothesis rather than to disprove it.
What is parsimony? - Correct Answer Principle that among many explanations, the simplest is likely to
be the most correct.
What are the four hierarchal levels of scientific explanation? - Correct Answer Paradigms, laws,
theories, hypotheses
Comparing the bottom level of the hierarchy of scientific explanation, what increases as you go up? -
Correct Answer The amount of successful testing, supporting data, the acceptance of the explanation
by scientists, and confidence by scientists of the correctness
How does scientific understanding of the term theory differ from the common everyday use of the term?
- Correct Answer A scientific theory is supported by many hypotheses while a common theory is just an
unsupported idea
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