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Prologue to Earth Science...Vocabulary

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observationthe use of your senses to identify and gather information.
classifyto organize into groups
interfacea boundary between two things
inferenceguess based on observations
lithospherethe solid rock layer of the earth (land)
atmospherethe gas layers surrounding the Earth
hydrospherethe liquid layer of the Earth
masshow much matter(stuff) an object has
volumehow much space an object takes up
measurementdescribing an observation using numbers and units
percent errorhow wrong you are
densityhow packed together an object's molecules are
tropospherethe densest layer of the atmosphere
stratospherethe layer of atmosphere above the troposphere
pollutionwhen any substance reaches a harmful level
equilibriumwhen two objects of forces are in balance
cyclican up and down repeating pattern of events


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