Earth Science-Introduction
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- Scientific conclusions are subject to __________.
- change
- air surrounding the earth
- atmosphere
- study of observable facts or events
- science
- Greek word for earth
- geo
- pursuit of wisdom by means other than observation
- philosophy
- a blanket statement of denial, lying outside the realm of science
- universal negative
- Greek word for water
- hudor(hydro)
- the celestial sphere
- space
- four elements that comprise the study of earth science
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space (celestial sphere)
atmosphere
lithosphere
hydrosphere - water that covers about three-fourths of the earth
- hydrosphere
- study of earthquakes
- seismology
- Science cannot make __________ judgments.
- value
- etymology of the word "philosophy"
- Greek words philos (loving) and sophos (wisdom)
- etymology of the word "science"
- from the Latin word sciens, "to know"
- solid part of the earth
- lithosphere
- literal meaning of "atmosphere"
- "vapor sphere, or ball," from the Greek words atmos and sphaira
- meaning of "litho"
- from the Greek word lithos, meaning "stone"
- Science cannot judge medical procedures as being __________ right or wrong.
- morally
- Anything that can't be __________ lies outside the realm of science.
- observed