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| the study of the entire atmosphere |
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| the study of the solid Earth |
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| a community of organisms and their nonliving environment |
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| a series of steps that scientists use to answer questions and solve problems |
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| a possible explanation or answer to a question |
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| A question; the close examination of some matter in a quest for information or truth |
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| a unifying explanation for a broad range of hypotheses and observations that have been supported by testing |
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| a representation of an object or system |
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| the amount of space that something occupies or the amount of space that something contains |
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| the amount of matter that something is made of; its value does not change with the object's location |
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| a unit measure of gravitation force ie. kilograms, pounds, etc. |
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| The force of gravitation, which for any two sufficiently massive bodies is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely porportional to the square of the distance between them |
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| SI measurement (International Standard) |
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| International System of Units: length in meters, volume in cubic meters, mass in kilograms, and temperature in Kelvin (Celsius) |
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| an instrument used to measure air pressure |
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| an instrument for indicating and measuring wind force and velocity |
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| a map projection that is made by transferring the features of the globe onto a cylinder |
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| detailed and precise description of a place or region |
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| the measurement of the depth of large bodies of water |
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