EARTH SCIENCE
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF SCIENCE?
UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND US...
HOW DO WE DO THIS?
GATHER INFORMATIONGATHER FACTSCREATE A SOLID THEORY
THEORY
LOGICAL EXPLANATION
LAW
IF A THEORY IS TESTED OVER AND OVER AND DOES NOT CHANGE IT IS A LAW
AREAS OF SCIENCE
EARTHLIFEPHYSICAL
GROUPS / BRANCHES OF SCIENCE
GEOLOGY- EARTHS ORIGINS
METEOROLOGY-WEATHER CLIMATE ATMPSPHERE
OCEANOLOGY- THE ANIMALS AND THE FEATURES OF THE EARTH
ASTRONOMY- PLANETS - STARS ANY OBJECT IN OUTER SPACE
ALSO
ZOOLOGY- ANIMALS
BOTANY- PLANTS
ECOLOGY- PLANTS & ANIMALS
R H E A C
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
RESEARCHHYPOTHESISEXPERIMENTANALYSISCONCLUSION
STATE THE PROBLEM
RESEARCH
FIND OUT MORE FACTS
HYPOYHESIS
EDUCATED GUESS BASED ON FACTS
THIS IS NOT.. BUBBA I KNOW THIS..
EXPERIMENT
MUST FIND EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT HYPOTHESIS
ANALYSIS
LOOK AT DATA YOU HAVE GATHERED
CHARTS
GRAPHS
CONCLUSION
HOW ARE THE RESULTS SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT FROM HYPOTHESIS
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
THE ENTIRE THING ALL OVER AGAIN...
THE METRICS SYSTEMTHE METRICS SYSTEM
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THE UNIVERSAL THE UNIVERSAL LANGAUGELANGAUGE
BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NUMBER
METERS
LENGTH
VOLUME
AMOUNT OF SPACE AN OBJECT TAKES UP
LIQUID OR SOLID
MASS
MATTER IN AN OBJECT
WEIGHT
ATTRACTION DUE TO GRAVITY
NEWTONS = MASS X 9.8
DENSITY
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MASS AND VOLUME
HIGH DENSITY LOTS OF STUFF - SINKS
LOW DENSITY- LITTLE BIT OF STUFF FLOATS ON TOP
VOLUME
MASS DIVIDED BY WEIGHT
TEMPERATURE
CELSIUS
0 FREEZING
100 WATER BOILS
UNITS OF METRICS
KILO-1000HECTO- 100DEKA- 10METER-LITER-
GRAMDECI- .1CENTI- .01MILLI- .001
UNITS OF METRICS
KILO-1000HECTO- 100DEKA- 10METER-LITER-
GRAMDECI- .1CENTI- .01MILLI- .001
10 FOOTBALL FIELDS1 FOOTBALL FIELDENDZONE3 FEET +VCR TAPELITTLE FINGER NAILTHICKNESS OF DIME
KHDAM-L-GDCM
k h da M d c m
CHANGING UNITSMOVE DECIMAL POINT SAME
DIRECTION AS YOU MOVE ACROSS THE CHART
km to dmyou move 4 spaces to right so...move decimal point 4 spaces to rightlets look at an example
k h da M d c m6km to ?dmyou move 4 spaces to right soDECIMAL POINT ALWAYS AFTERAFTER
WHOLE NUMBER 6.move decimal point 4 spaces to rightanswer...60000
k h da M d c m
21hm= ? damyou move 1 space to right soDECIMAL POINT AFTER NUMBER21.move decimal point 1 space to rightanswer...210
k h da M d c m
21dam= ? mmyou move 4 spaces to right soDECIMAL POINT AFTER NUMBER4.move decimal point 4 spaces to rightanswer...40000
k h da M d c m
28 cm= ? damyou move 3 spaces to left soDECIMAL POINT AFTER NUMBER4.move decimal point 3 spaces to leftanswer....004
REFRACTING TELESCOPE
USES LENSES TO FOCUS AND DRAW IN LIGHT
REFLECTING TELESCOPE
USES MIRRORS TO FOCUS AND COLLECT LIGHT
MULTI MIRROR TELESCOPES
EX. 6- 72 INCH MIRRORS
400- 1 INCH MIRRORS - SHAPED LIKE A BEE HIVE
SAFETY
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