Chap.1 Introduction to Earth Science Sect. 1-2 Name
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Earth science
A. A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
2. system
B. Instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent
3. energy
C. A specialist in ___
4. geologist
D. A scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas
5. oceanographer
E. A person who studies the natural world through observation and investigation.
6. meteorologist
F. A physicist who studies ___
7. astronomer
G. A specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
8. environmental
H. The power to do work or make things move
9. scientist
I. Any of the ___ that deal with the ___ or its parts
10. variable
J. Of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings
11. hypothesis
K. Something that is likely to vary