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Scientific Method
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1. State the problem
2. Form a hypothesis
3. Design the experiment
4. Collect data
5. Analyze data
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| In the scientific method, what is the control? |
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| The thing that stays the same |
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| In the scientific method, what is the variable? |
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| The thing you change in an experiment |
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| In the scientific method, what is the independent variable? |
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| the thing that is changed |
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| In the scientific method, what is the dependent variable? |
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This late Paleozoic continent broke into two parts: Gondwana and Laurasia
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| The northern portion of Pangaea - now known as North America and Eurasia |
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| The southern portion of Pangaea - now known as South America, Africa, Australia, India & Antarctica |
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| the distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees |
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| the distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees. |
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| any size group of interacting parts that form a whole |
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| a resource that is virtually inexhaustable or that can be replenished over a relatively short time span (trees, water, plants, animals, natural fibers.) |
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| Resource that takes millions of years to form (coal, oil & natural gas) |
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| Examples of renewable resources |
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| plants and animals for food, natural fibers for clothing, trees for lumber & paper |
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| Examples of non-renewable resources |
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| coil, oil, natural gas, iron, copper, gold & uranium |
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| the name for all the sciences that collectively seek to understand Earth; It includes geology, oceanography, meteorology & astronomy |
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| study of rocks, minerals & the structure of the Earth |
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| study of the atmosphere and the process that produces weather |
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| study of the universe and planets, stars and space. |
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| study of the sea water, coastal processes & marine life |
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