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Interacting parts that form a whole.
A system that is part of another system.
Energy, information, and matter entering the system.
Energy, information, and matter exiting the system.
The limits of the system to be studied.
To ask and answer questions about the natural world.
Sets the purpose of the experiment.
A prediction based on prior knowledge.
A factor kept the same in experiments.
The factor purposely changed by the experimenter.
The factor being measured and recorded.
To apply scientific understanding to develop solutions.
Define, develop solutions, optimize.
Scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the environment.
How well they meet criteria and constraints.
Gram.
Liter.
Meter.
Newton.
1/1000 (0.001).
1/100 (0.01).
1/10 (0.1).
10.
100.
1000.
4.5 billion years ago.
The process of changing rocks over time.
Changed by heat and pressure.
Compacted and cemented particles.
When molten rock cools.
Breaking down substances over time.
Transportation of weathered particles.
Energy from the Sun and gravity.
Energy from the Earth’s interior.
In sedimentary rocks.
Layers of sediments are deposited horizontally.
Newer rock strata sit on top of older strata.
An igneous rock feature is younger than the rock it cuts across.
Cool, thin, and brittle upper part of the lithosphere.
A hot layer of rock with lithosphere and asthenosphere.
Dense metal split into outer (liquid) and inner (solid) regions.
Theory of continents and crust moving due to convection.
Convection currents in the mantle.
Movement of liquid or gas due to temperature differences.
Landforms like volcanoes and earthquakes.
Unevenly across the planet.
It affects Earth systems.
Traps heat in Earth's atmosphere.
Long-term change in weather patterns.
Temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, and wind at a specific time.
Weather conditions characteristic of a region over time.
Through radiation.
Different substances absorb and retain heat at different rates.
A volume of air with uniform temperature and humidity.
Boundary between two air masses.
Rising air creates low pressure; sinking air creates high pressure.
Convection currents in the atmosphere.
In lower pressure areas.
The sun and gravity.
Evaporation of water from plant leaves.
When a liquid changes to a gas.
When a gas changes to a liquid.
Water falling from the air to Earth.
When a solid turns directly into a gas.
When a gas turns directly into a solid.
Apparent deflection of moving objects due to Earth's rotation.
Density differences in water.
Winds.
By redistributing heat.
Warming of Pacific waters.
Cooling of Pacific waters.
Tilt of a planet’s axis relative to the Sun causes seasons.
When a planet completes one rotation on its axis.
When a planet makes one orbit around its star.
23.5° from its orbit of the Sun.
When north and south poles are equal distance from the Sun.
When a pole is pointed most towards or away from the Sun.
A rocky object that orbits a planet.
27.3 days.
29.5 days.
Visible illuminated portion of the moon.
Right side lit of the moon.
Left side lit of the moon.
5°.
When the moon blocks the sun.
When Earth blocks the sun.
The outer shadow.
The inner shadow.
Distance between Earth and Sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
They are rocky (terrestrial).