Law vs. Theory

Chapter 1 Review

Intro to Earth Science9/23/15

Subdivisions of Earth Science

• Name the four major subdivisions of Earth Science.

• Geology• Astronomy• Meteorology• Oceanography

• Which subdivision of Earth science means the study of the universe?

• Astronomy

• Which subdivision of Earth science means the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather?

• Meteorology

• Which subdivision of Earth science means the study of Earth?

• Geology

• Which subdivision of Earth science means the study of the ocean?

• Oceanography

• What is the name of the currently accepted hypothesis that explains the formation of the solar system?

• The nebular hypothesis

• How long ago did our solar system form?

• 4.6 billion years ago

• What is a nebula?

• Interstellar cloud of dust and gas

• What are the two main gasses that our nebula was composed of?

• Hydrogen• Helium

• Name the four spheres that make up our world.

• Hydrosphere• Geosphere• Biosphere• Atmosphere

• What sphere contains all the water on the planet no matter where it is stored?

• Hydrosphere

• Which sphere is made up of the thin blanket of gasses that surround our planet?

• Atmosphere

• Which sphere contains all the life on our planet?

• Biosphere

• Which sphere would contain the crust, mantle, and core?

• Geosphere

• What type of map shows elevation using a series of continuous lines that connect areas of equal elevation?

• Topographic or Contour map

• What are those lines called?

• Contour lines

• What imaginary grid lines indicate a locations geographic position north or south of the equator?

• Latitude

• What line of latitude is 0°?

• The equator

• What line of longitude is 0 °?

• Prime Meridian

• What city in England has the Prime Meridian running through it?

• Greenwich

• What term is defined as any size group of interacting parts that form a complex whole?

• System

• What type of system allows energy and matter to enter and exit the system?

• Open System

• Which type of system is a river?

• Open system

• What are the two sources of energy that drive all the processes that occur on Earth?

• Sun and Earth’s Core

• What type of resource can be replenished in a short amount of time?

• Renewable

• What type of resource can’t be replenished or would take millions of years to replenish?

• Non-renewable

• What term when used in science means a tentative or untested explanation?

• Hypothesis

• What term when used in science means a tested, confirmed, supported hypothesis?

• Theory

Renewable or Non-renewable?