Earth Science History Branches of Earth Science Acceptance of Scientific Ideas Scientific Method Experiments 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500
These scientists explain our world by studying Earth’s history and our place in the universe.
Who are Earth Scientists?
Some ancient cultures used these to explain natural events.
What are myths and legends?
This ancient civilization created an accurate calendar using the movement of the sun, moon, and stars.
Who are the Mayans?
This ancient culture cataloged rocks around 200 BC.
Who are the Greeks?
This ancient civilization recorded and observed earthquakes as early as 780 BC.
Who are the Chinese?
This is the study of the universe beyond Earth’s atmosphere.
What is astronomy?
This is the study of the origin, history, and structure of the Earth.
What is Geology?
This is the study of the Earth’s atmosphere, including weather and climate.
What is meteorology?
This is the interdisciplinary science that studies the impact of humans on the Earth.
What is environmental science?
These combined areas of scientific studies result in new connections that are found between more than one branch of science.
What is an interdisciplinary science?
This could lead to a scientific theory or law being changed.
What is new or conflicting information?
This is a period of time when a scientific advancement completely changes the way scientists think about the world.
What is a scientific revolution?
This is a general statement that explains how the natural world behaves under certain conditions for which no exceptions have been found.
What is a scientific law?
This is a widely accepted explanation of a phenomenon that has been tested through experimentation.
What is a theory?
This is the process of evaluating research before publication.
What is peer review?
This process involves obtaining information using the senses.
What is observation?
This is the first step in the scientific method.
What is ask a question?
This step in the scientific method should be done after experimenting and analyzing data.
What is draw a conclusion.
This is an idea or explanation that is based on observations and that can be tested.
What is a hypothesis?
In this step of the scientific method, a procedure is carried out according to certain guidelines.
What is an experiment?
This is the factor in an experiment that changes as a result of other factors changing.
What is a dependent variable?
The factor that is manipulated on purpose in an experiment.
What is an independent variable?
This is an expression of the amount of imprecision or variation in a set of data.
What is error?
This is the part of the experiment that is identical to the rest except for one variable. It is used as a standard of comparison.
What is a control?
Since good experiments only test one variable, this part of an experiment must remain the same.
What is a constant?